Obama Wants $50 Billion For States

[mrjarrell]

Because individual states have mismanaged their budgets and somehow all the other states and taxpayers have to bail them out, too. When is enough going to be enough? I don't care that Illinois is going down the tubes. California, New York and New Jersey, either. This is not a place the federal government needs to be interfering. Indiana has managed it's finances well enough (altho certain locales have not done so). If those other states can't take the hard decisions necessary to get their houses in order then that's just too blamed bad. Let 'em sink.

via Washington Post

President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters" and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.
In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama defended last year's huge economic stimulus package, saying it helped break the economy's free fall, but argued that more spending is urgent and unavoidable. "We must take these emergency measures," he wrote in an appeal aimed primarily at members of his own party.
The letter comes as rising concern about the national debt is undermining congressional support for additional spending to bolster the economy. Many economists say more spending could help bring down persistently high unemployment, but with Republicans making an issue of the record deficits run up during the recession, many Democratic lawmakers are eager to turn off the stimulus tap.

More at the source.

 

[indykid]

saying the money is needed to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters"

Notice how any time there is a money problem with most states, the first people they attack are teachers, police and firefighters. How about laying off government workers first?!?!?

 

[mrjarrell]

It's the most common scare tactic they've got in their bag o' tricks. Seems to work every time, too.

 

[Loco179]

Look at which states are the worst in the hole. Now look which states are Democrap. I say no no no no!

 

[E5RANGER375]

saying the money is needed to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters"

Notice how any time there is a money problem with most states, the first people they attack are teachers, police and firefighters. How about laying off government workers first?!?!?

Thats true, but they also say that as a scare tactic to push through whatever fiscaly irresponsible bill they want to get away with. kind of like how they strong armed us with the Patriot Act.

Instead of blindly funding those areas though, they need to get more $$ into the hands of the teachers, firefighters, EMS, Police, that do their jobs well. every community i have been a part of they blindly throw money at those areas and in a lot of cases it ends up being a waste.

not to single one occupaion out but why does our tax money build million dollar stadiums and football fields for HIGH SCHOOLS!!! when the teachers make just over poverty level paychecks. thats big DUMB government at work right there. And DUMB people who support such waste. if you want that for your kid, then use your own damn money and start a fundraiser.

I too could care less if other states go bankrupt or not. but the problem is that all their citizens will come to our good state and take from us! so in the end we are paying for them either way. its rediculous. the constitution gives no such authority to the federal government, but they do what they want anyways. and it wont matter if the president is a republican or a democrat, they all eff it up, just in their own extreme ways.

Me and my family rely on US. NO ONE ELSE!!! I know that no matter what happens we will be fine because we have strong work ethics, and a will to live and better ourselves. an illustration if i may ....... just like in a massive thunder storm, its dangerous with high winds, flooding, tornadoes, lightning. but if you can survive the storm, then 90% of the battle is over. the looters and no power, thats easy stuff to handle.
keep the faith <<< what ever that means to you.

 

[pudly]

Unfortunately, until they feel the pain of the cutbacks necessary to balance their own budgets, they will continue to overspend, just like Greece. Obama will just enable their pathologies.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Peel this back and look at it for what it is......buying votes.

Don't ask Don't tell repeal (homosexual vote win)
GM, Chrysler purchase (UAW vote win)
Bail-out teachers (AFL-CIO vote win)
Expansion of entitlement programs (SEIU vote win, tax consumer vote win)

They are doing everything they can to amass power at your expense and then telling you that they are doing what's best for you. Sheeple eat the spin, open their pocket books, and smile at all the great things that have been accomplished.
Federal govenment pacifying the school districts is one of the WORST things we could allow happen. The fat localities get a pass on doing the right thing, and then when the fed money goes away after November elections, they come after your property taxes to prop it back up to unsustainable levels.

People need to stop eating this $h!t sandwich. You want to do something for your kids? Stop killing thier future with your out of control tax bill.

"But it's for the chillldrrrrren!" Needs to be responded to with a swift kick in the head.

 

[Shadowbeach]

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[hornadylnl]

Notice how any time there is a money problem with most states, the first people they attack are teachers, police and firefighters. How about laying off government workers first?!?!?

I don't think you're seeing the forest for the trees on this one. The above statement is not an attack on teachers, police and firefighters. It's just a spinoff of the "But what about the children?" line used by the left whenever someone tries to cut welfare. Instead of cutting out real graft in the budgets, they throw out the idea of cutting teachers, police and firefighters knowing the general public doesn't want it and thus getting them on their side to raise taxes.

These broke states are just using teachers, police and firefighters to their advantage to keep the money flowing in from you or uncle sugar.

 

[Johnny C]

This is just more of the usual: fiscal conservatives bailing out the fiscally irresponsible

 

[ghunter]

Who needs to panic about Greece? We have that silliness right here, with no borders, no treaties, and no way for the smart states to say "no" when the dumb states come-a-begging. Ridiculous.

 

[historian]

Notice how any time there is a money problem with most states, the first people they attack are teachers, police and firefighters. How about laying off government workers first?!?!?

Maybe because teachers, police, and firefighters are the biggest employee groups of a local government, and, to echo what others are saying, they pull at the heartstrings. I, if mayor of a city, would cut these groups pay by the amount that goes to the union.