The article "States and Cities Scramble for Stimulus Cash" was written for the New York Times by Monica Davey. It was written to inform the readers about what politicians at different levels of government are doing in regards to getting stimulus money. The author is not particularly catering to either side of the political spectrum but is rather attempting to paint the picture of the mad dash for federal money.
I've heard it before reading the article, and yet it never fails to infuriate at how moronic elected officials can be. When the economy collapses and people lose their jobs and homes, the imbecilic governor that people from the boondocks that McCain and the Republicans oh so love to cater to elected outright refuses to accept stimulus money. It's passed, the matter's over, and Sanford will simply have grin and bear it. Accepting money to repair infrastructure is outright irresponsible and I sincerely wish from the bottom of my heart that he would be thrown out of office. Has he seen how bad off the worst schools in the state are, much less the roads and sewage treatment systems? Does he not understand that by accepting money for infrastructure repair you have to, oh gee, I dunno, hire someone to fix your problems, therefore creating jobs that help eliminate the problem of joblessness? Who voted for this incompetent joke? I've never had much faith in politicians to begin with, but doing something so deliberately ignorant, so outright childish and so despicably lazy is a whole other issue than simply going with what your party tells you to. Take Arnold Schwarzenegger for example. He's a Republican governor and yet he's accepting cash for his state. He's getting political backlash from it, but he doesn't care because he knows it's what's right for the people. Sanford should either take a hint or take a hike.
