If Irony Was Water, We’d Need To Learn the Backstroke
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes to tell Washington to stop meddling in state affairs. He vocally opposed the Obama administration’s 2009 stimulus program to spur the economy and assist cash-strapped states.
Perry also likes to trumpet that his state balanced its budget in 2009, while keeping billions in its rainy day fund.
But he couldn’t have done that without a lot of help from … guess where? Washington.
Turns out Texas was the state that depended the most on those very stimulus funds to plug nearly 97% of its shortfall for fiscal 2010, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
“So, now with a $27 million budget shortfall and no stimulus funds left, we’re up Perry Creek with no paddle. Hell, we don’t even have a boat,” Juanita stomps.
“So every time Perry badmouths DeeCee, please remember that he’d be just another unemployed hooker without them,” she shakes her head.