The article was published in the NY Times, a very politically liberal newspaper and written by Monica Davey, who seemed to write the article with a mostly neutral ‘pen’. The liberal audience of this newspaper would agree with the facts presented by Ms. Davey and probably wonder why she wasn’t harsher to SC Governor Mark Sanford. The old saying ‘once a trouble maker, always a trouble maker’ comes to my mind, and South Carolina always seems to be in the fore front of controversy. I don’t think Governor Sanford is wrong though, this stimulus package costs more that it is really worth.
The basic argument the author makes in her article is that there is a lot of money from the federal government up for grabs and there will be fighting over who gets it and how much they will get. I have already heard Pat McCrory, our neighbors to the north, Charlotte’s Mayor, complain how Raleigh is going to shortchange Charlotte when it comes to road money. I think we should expect the stimulus to proceed exactly like an old rich uncle dying and leaving a lot of money to a group, without specifying who will get exactly what based on behavior or need. Everyone has their hand out - this kind and this large of a stimulus is a dangerous precedent in my opinion - and there will be costly repercussions, both financially and socially from this stimulus.
