Re: Re: Jindahl is Brilliant

Here's how brilliant Jindahl is: It's estimated that Louisiana stands to get about $3.8 billion from the stimulus bill. Jindahl is crowing that he'll reject something under $100 million of that. So he's taking $3.7 billion instead (97% of the full amount), and getting Rethug bragging rights for being principled about taking/spending federal money.

I think there are principled reasons for governors to opt out of parts of the stimulus money. But it's a little silly to lionize them for given up pennies while they're taking dollars.

Jindahl is brilliant

The result of Gov. Jindahl's decision to refuse some of the federal aid to unemployed workers might be that his state's unemployed will leave Louisiana and head elsewhere. (Look out, Texas.)