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2009-04-10 Economy

AZ May Be First State To End Many Welfare Programs, Lose $500M Federal Funding

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-10 09:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Importantly, this has a cascading effect, because for years, the federals always made money to States conditional on unrelated things and unfunded mandates.

But when this starts to unwind, the less federal money you take means the less of your money you have to spend, *and* the less federal control over you.

The big two federal control monies are free school lunches and transportation. Once they are gone, the federal power over States is slashed, because so many onerous demands are piggybacked on them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-10 09:27|| 2009-04-10 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Just as the administration is refusing payback from the banks in order to maintain control over them, you can expect the feds (the Donks) to find a way to order the states to do what they want anyway. All they need to do is pack the court, which itself is very good at assuming more and more power 'for the common good'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-04-10 10:10|| 2009-04-10 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Bonus: this sends the welfare mooches back to where they came from: Mexico and CA.

Posted by regular joe 2009-04-10 11:07|| 2009-04-10 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The State legislature is known for very quickly and decisively addressing problems. What they are doing will be seen in other States, and soon.

Plus someone forgot to tell B-O that by putting Napolitano in as Homeland Security Secy, Arizona gained a genuine REPUBLICAN governor*, Jan Brewer, and she may me more helpful to the AZ state legislature in doing what they want to do.

*Not like here in California

Posted by BigEd 2009-04-10 11:36|| 2009-04-10 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Unfunded mandate = Racism
in 5..4..3...

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-04-10 13:53|| 2009-04-10 13:53|| Front Page Top

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