Our governor gets flowers from me for fighting the pork legislators over heavy spending. He stood up in court over the bailout money. Printed money, that no one has earned, being paid out to enslave the next generation of workers to pay back.





"June 4, 2009

SC Supreme Court Hears Stimulus Case


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Supreme Court ordered Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday to take $700 million in federal stimulus money aimed primarily at struggling schools.

The decision brings a likely end to months of wrangling between the nation's most vocal anti-bailout governor and legislators who accused him of playing politics with people's lives.

The Republican governor had refused to take the money designated for the state over the next two years, facing down irate protesters and legislators who passed a budget requiring him to do so. While other Republican governors had taken issue with requesting money from the $787 billion federal stimulus package, Sanford was the first governor to defend in court his desire to reject money from Washington."

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