What the GOP should do is tell Obama they will support it IF Obama changes the plan to make all of the spending contained in the bill into a grant to the states. Then the states can do what they want with it, and every state will get its share. They might even decide to use it to give a tax cut. And the GOP governors would be on board.
Not only that, but if the Dems said NO, then they would be the bad guys. How do you defend the pork laden bill they wrote? Impossible. But turn it into a grant to the states and you don’t need to defend it. Only the state governments would need to defend it.
That sounds reasonable, but highly unlikely. It’s worth a try.
“What the GOP should do is tell Obama they will support it IF Obama changes the plan to make all of the spending contained in the bill into a grant to the states. Then the states can do what they want with it, and every state will get its share. “
The problem with this is you concede that the “stimulus” is ok, which it is not. The only real solution is for government to step back and release its death grip on the free market. I know this isn’t even a little likely, but playing with scenarios that accept the stimulus is the first step to capitulation.
What the GOP should do, at all levels, is to Just say no.