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When last we experienced this phenomenon in its most classic form, Reps. Gingrey (R-11) and Kingston (R-1) were caught handing out over-sized checks at home while blasting the stimulus program in Washington.
This morning, James Salzar at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution chronicles the level of dependence Republican state leaders have on federal dollars. And it ain’t pretty:
The percentage of the budget coming from federal taxpayers has gone from 23 percent at the beginning of fiscal 2003 to 33 percent today.
In what surely isn’t a coincidence, Salazar also scores a nice twofer with Chip Rogers:
Georgia Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) called the stimulus package a “bogus loan program.” When the Senate passed the fiscal 2010 budget, Rogers said, “While Washington, D.C., saddles us with over $1 trillion in debt, the assembly worked together and passed this budget without a single ‘pork barrel’ project.”
The budget he referred to contained $13 billion in federal funding.
Chip Rogers is the guy attempting to extricate himself from a 2.2 million dollar loan. Priceless.
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