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South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Mark Sanford must accept $700 million in federal stimulus money, ending the only formal effort by a governor to reject funding intended to jump-start an ailing economy.
Students and education officials in South Carolina filed lawsuits demanding that the governor take the money. Sanford tried to have those suits merged and heard in federal court.
On Monday, however, a federal judge rejected that effort, and said that the South Carolina Supreme Court must decide what to do.
In its ruling, the state's highest court said the legislature, not Sanford, has the power to decide whether to accept the federal stimulus money.
So what's SC gonna do when they take the money, not much really happens, and then they have to find a way to keep funding the changes when the money runs out?
So what's SC gonna do when they take the money, not much really happens, and then they have to find a way to keep funding the changes when the money runs out?
That now becomes the question. Go deeper in debt to sustain things you can't afford, or cut them out.
So what's SC gonna do when they take the money, not much really happens, and then they have to find a way to keep funding the changes when the money runs out?
What changes would those be? There is no requirement in the stimulus bill that requires the continuance of any program funded through the program.
By the way, Sanford was more than happy to take the money to pay off South Carolina's debt, he just didn't like the idea of spending it on the state's residents and the Republican lead legislature didn't like that idea.
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By the way, Sanford was more than happy to take the money to pay off South Carolina's debt, he just didn't like the idea of spending it on the state's residents and the Republican lead legislature didn't like that idea.
what money? you mean a federal IOU from a country with a credit score lower than MC hammer? that money is as worthless as the paper it's printed on.
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