Political cat reacts to Rick Perry's stimulus-bashing comments about the stimulus even though Perry gladly took $17.4 billion for Texas to help create 40,000 jobs. Why does Rick Perry fail to see how the Obama stimulus money helped create Texas jobs?Photo Credit: Divine Vessel's Chubbsie... by exfordy on flickr cc
Is Rick Perry Confused or a Hypocrit?
Rick Perry’s Texas Jobs are ‘Gov., Stimulus’ Jobs
Perry on Stimulus Funds – Oct. 15, 2010
This young kitten wonders why Rick Perry took $17.4 billion in stimulus funds but declined over $500 million to help educate youth in Texas. Photo credit: Catca by panli54 on flickr cc
Rick Perry hates big government and bashes the bailouts and the stimulus promoted by the Obama administration to help create jobs previously lost under President G. W. Bush. Yet, this article in the Texas Tribune outlines how much money Rick Perry took from the Obama Stimulus in order to pay for Texas programs and create over 40,000 jobs.
At a discussion featured above in the You Tube video from The Texas Tribune about Texas stimulus money, Perry says he doesn’t like federal money given to Texas with “strings” attached. Yet Perry is OK with “strings” attached to giving educational funds to school districts in Texas when he decides on the strings. He is OK with strings he likes…
Rick Perry seems to hate the things the federal government would do to help states to create jobs and stimulate the economy, the very government that enabled him to brag about how many jobs he created in Texas.
Could Rick Perry brag about how many jobs he created if he declined the $17.4 Billion he got from the 2009 Obama stimulus?
Comments about Rick Perry and Stimulus Money Texas Tribune, "Rick Perry took $17B in stimulus funds from the federal government to balance Texas' budget and create Texas jobs. Thanks, Barack Obama, for creating all those American jobs in Texas."
Comments about Rick Perry and Stimulus Money Texas Tribune 1: Kim Batchelor says, "In fiscal 2009, the IRS collected about $163 billion from Texans and the state Texans and the state received about $224 billion, for a net gain of $61 billion dollars."
News Wrap: Rick Perry Takes Heat for Criticism of Fed’s Stimulus Efforts
