South Carolina will be getting $8 billion in stimulus money. Its governor, Mark Sanford, controls $700,000,000, or less than 10%, of this. Sanford, ever mindful of the needs of his state, has decided not to accept this $700,000,000 even though unemployment in South Carolina is over 10%. He is convinced that this money is bad as it will increase the federal deficit and create unrealistic expectations in the state's citizens.
I'm sure he'll have no trouble explaining this decision and the rationale for it to his constituents and the nation when he runs for President in 2012, assuming he survives his next election.
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