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Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
Posted on 04/01/2009 11:49:56 PM PDT by SolidWood
Mr. President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President,
The purpose of this letter is to provide notice that I am accepting those funds available to Alaska under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that create new, private-sector jobs and grow the economy.
I have invited public discussion through the legislative hearing process currently underway on ARRA funds that appear designed to grow government programs or that will impose federal mandates on our state. Federal stimulus spending must not add to strained state budgets nor diminish state sovereignty by imposing mandates, now or in the future.
The law requires that I certify that every dollar of these economic stimulus funds will create jobs and grow the economy. I take that charge seriously. I have forwarded requests to Alaska's legislators to appropriate hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure projects that truly create new private sector jobs and stimulate the economy. Through our budget process, I have also accepted additional Medicaid funds available through ARRA.
We will continue to review the assurances and requirements in the ARRA under each title for receipt of federal economic stimulus funds. The state legislature is fully engaged in the budget process and taking public testimony on the economic stimulus funding to determine the impacts on Alaska's budget now and in the future when the federal funds are no longer available. It is possible that there will be areas where the state will not choose to apply for funds. These instances will be addressed on a case by case basis.
Pursuant to Title XVI, section 1607 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Pub. L. 111-5 (Feb. 17, 2009)) ("ARRA"), entitled "Additional funding Distribution and Assistance of Appropriate Use of Funds", I Sarah Palin, the Governor of the State of Alaska, hereby certify that:
2) Funds will be used to create jobs and promote economic growth.
By making this certification, the State of Alaska is not committed now or in the future, to accept all of the federal funds.
The federal economic stimulus package will have profound, long-term implications. Our citizens and future generations must have the hope of meaningful work and economic opportunity, rather than be burdened by higher taxes and increased national debt.
Sincerely,
Sarah Palin Governor
PING!
Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
Palin is my choice.
I have a growing respect for Alaska. May God shine His face upon the frozen state.
Nicely done!!!
I’m sure this will be buried by the MSM. If it gets around it won’t make those governors with their snouts already in the trough feel very good.
My county’s school board took stimulus money, and redirected other spending that was for “stimulus-type” things over to a pay raise for teachers.
So they didn’t spend the stimulus on pay raises, but they did the equivalent, spending stimulus on necessary and already-budgeted buildings and stuff so they would free up money for raises.
The problem being that the stimulus only lasts 2 years. So by the 3rd year, we have to spend our own money again on buildings, but also we have an additional 17 million a year we have to spend to continue funding the pay increases. So our budget becomes unbalanced.
This is the real danger with the stimulus, it had too much that could drive new government spending that wouldn’t easily be stopped when the money ran out.
Meanwhile, ordinary people don’t get any stimulus unless they buy a house or send their kid to college, so there’s no rush to spend new money. Instead, we see that all our tax cuts are going away, so we are likely to spend less.
Wait....did Palin cave to Obama here? It looks like she accepted everything.
Excellent post.
Unfortunately you know that’s too much long range thinking for people who can hardly pay attention til the next commercial break.
Uhm... no. Alaska is not committed now or in the future, to accept all of the federal funds.
Did you even read the article?
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