Comments on: Palin says, “Thanks but No Thanks” to Stimulus Money. http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martha http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28963 Martha Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:02:05 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28963 Grab some popcorn and enjoy; Kieth Olberman slams Sarah Palin over stimulus and suggests impeachment rather than AK legislators overruling her desicion! Palin’s stimulus ploy March 20: The Nation’s Chris Hayes talks about the real reasons why Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, chose to accept only some of the stimulus money for her state. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/29806127#29806127 Grab some popcorn and enjoy;

Kieth Olberman slams Sarah Palin over stimulus and suggests impeachment rather than AK legislators overruling her desicion!

Palin’s stimulus ploy

March 20: The Nation’s Chris Hayes talks about the real reasons why Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, chose to accept only some of the stimulus money for her state.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/29806127#29806127

]]> By: Lainey http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28833 Lainey Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:55:54 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28833 @InJuneau I’m pretty sure our legislators are already trying to figure out if/how they can accept the rest of the rejected $. ============ If your legislators accept the money, palin will keep her 'upstanding' maverick status with her followers...if your legislators don't accept the money, then Alaska suffers, BUT palin goes down in flames! Is this correct? what to do...what to do. @InJuneau
I’m pretty sure our legislators are already trying to figure out if/how they can accept the rest of the rejected $.
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If your legislators accept the money, palin will keep her ‘upstanding’ maverick status with her followers…if your legislators don’t accept the money, then Alaska suffers, BUT palin goes down in flames!
Is this correct? what to do…what to do.

]]> By: akmuckraker http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28621 akmuckraker Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:22:42 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28621 The troll has been dispatched. That's an old troll from long ago that must have wiggled out of the mudflats and come back to play. Let's try again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>SPLAT!< (wipes hands) The troll has been dispatched. That’s an old troll from long ago that must have wiggled out of the mudflats and come back to play. Let’s try again.

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]]> By: CG http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28580 CG Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:08:44 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28580 It behooves us to keep an eye on precedent being set in South Carolina. Whatever happens there will directly impact us. Let the games begin! Too bad - our legislature now has to look for ways around the Governor? As for that worn-out excuse that we'll leave debt for our children for pay? Baloney. That's a meaningless script that people say because they heard someone else say it. I think it must be leftover from the Vietnam era... Palin is using Sanford's rhetoric. "Strings attached" - In February he said: "But what you find when you actually begin to look under the hood is that some of those strings attached means you’ve got to go spend a lot more money that you don’t have to be eligible for the funds." He also says stuff about unemployment compensation that Palin is quoting. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_re_us/sanford_stimulus AP - ...Though South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, inserted a provision into the final stimulus bill that is meant to allow legislatures to override governors on accepting the stimulus money, Graham said Friday that the final language in the bill could be interpreted in a way that Sanford would still have to move to apply for some of the stimulus money. Under that scenario, the legislature could not override the governor. Clyburn issued a frustrated statement in response. "I would hope the various leaders of this state would spend as much time and energy finding ways to bring relief to South Carolina's families rather than looking for creative ways to get around the federal help that has been made available and that other states are using very effectively," he said. Clyburn also criticized Sanford on Thursday for a comment he made at a news conference in South Carolina likening Obama's economic stimulus efforts to the hyperinflationary economy in Zimbabwe, one of Africa's most corrupt governments. "What took the man to Zimbabwe?" Clyburn said in Washington. "Someone should ask him if that's really the best comparison. ... How can he compare this country's situation to Zimbabwe?" "What I think's happening here is he has made headlines again, national headlines, and that is what he is after," said state Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman, a Republican who introduced a measure Thursday that would allow the Legislature to circumvent Sanford's actions. "It's my intent to take every dollar we can get," Leatherman said, calling Sanford's efforts "tomfoolery." March 20, 2009, 2:49 pm South Carolina Governor Rejects Stimulus Money Governor Sanford, a Republican, has been one of the most outspoken critics of the $787 billion stimulus act. In a statement released this afternoon, he said: "...we will not be seeking the use of these federal funds for the way they put our state even further into an unconscionable level of debt. We simply cannot afford to base 10 percent of our state budget on money that will disappear in two years’ time." It behooves us to keep an eye on precedent being set in South Carolina. Whatever happens there will directly impact us. Let the games begin!
Too bad – our legislature now has to look for ways around the Governor?
As for that worn-out excuse that we’ll leave debt for our children for pay? Baloney. That’s a meaningless script that people say because they heard someone else say it. I think it must be leftover from the Vietnam era…

Palin is using Sanford’s rhetoric. “Strings attached” – In February he said: “But what you find when you actually begin to look under the hood is that some of those strings attached means you’ve got to go spend a lot more money that you don’t have to be eligible for the funds.” He also says stuff about unemployment compensation that Palin is quoting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_re_us/sanford_stimulus

AP – …Though South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, inserted a provision into the final stimulus bill that is meant to allow legislatures to override governors on accepting the stimulus money, Graham said Friday that the final language in the bill could be interpreted in a way that Sanford would still have to move to apply for some of the stimulus money. Under that scenario, the legislature could not override the governor.

Clyburn issued a frustrated statement in response. “I would hope the various leaders of this state would spend as much time and energy finding ways to bring relief to South Carolina’s families rather than looking for creative ways to get around the federal help that has been made available and that other states are using very effectively,” he said.

Clyburn also criticized Sanford on Thursday for a comment he made at a news conference in South Carolina likening Obama’s economic stimulus efforts to the hyperinflationary economy in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s most corrupt governments.
“What took the man to Zimbabwe?” Clyburn said in Washington. “Someone should ask him if that’s really the best comparison. … How can he compare this country’s situation to Zimbabwe?”
“What I think’s happening here is he has made headlines again, national headlines, and that is what he is after,” said state Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman, a Republican who introduced a measure Thursday that would allow the Legislature to circumvent Sanford’s actions.
“It’s my intent to take every dollar we can get,” Leatherman said, calling Sanford’s efforts “tomfoolery.”

March 20, 2009, 2:49 pm South Carolina Governor Rejects Stimulus Money
Governor Sanford, a Republican, has been one of the most outspoken critics of the $787 billion stimulus act. In a statement released this afternoon, he said: “…we will not be seeking the use of these federal funds for the way they put our state even further into an unconscionable level of debt. We simply cannot afford to base 10 percent of our state budget on money that will disappear in two years’ time.”

]]> By: InJuneau http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28549 InJuneau Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:38:01 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28549 I'm pretty sure our legislators are already trying to figure out if/how they can accept the rest of the rejected $. I’m pretty sure our legislators are already trying to figure out if/how they can accept the rest of the rejected $.

]]> By: Moose Pucky http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28541 Moose Pucky Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:33:26 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28541 Right with you, In Juneau. Right with you, In Juneau.

]]> By: CG http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28536 CG Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28536 To the question, can the legislature go past the Gov and seek the funds? Maybe not. In a netshell: Palin is following the lead of S. Carolina Gov. Sanford and Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Last week, they did what she's doing now. With the same kind of response and suggestion that it's transparent pandering for a 2012 presidential run. S. Carolina authorized it's state General Assembly to seek the stimulus funds, but they may not be able to effectively do that, due to "An interpretation . . . which provided that a state legislature could, by concurrent resolution, direct the activities of a governor, state and local entities would appear to violate the Tenth Amendment." Republican legislators in the state's GOP-controlled General Assembly have advanced a measure to accept South Carolina's share of the stimulus money. "During this severe economic downturn, Congress and the president wanted to provide states and localities with emergency funding in order to prevent the layoffs of teachers, police officers and other vital public servants," White House Budget Director Peter Orszag wrote to Sanford. Orszag said: "Congress has not authorized the executive branch to waive any of the above statutory requirements governing the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Accordingly, states' spending . . . must satisfy the statutory requirements." Here's an article worth reading: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/64213.html A nonpartisan congressional report released Wednesday concludes that it likely would be unconstitutional for a legislature to supplant a governor in accepting and using economic stimulus money. Aimed at bypassing governors who oppose using deficit spending to jolt the economy, the provision authorizes a legislature to apply for its state's share of the stimulus funds if the governor fails to do so within 45 days of the measure's Feb. 17 enactment — by April 3. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, crafted the clause to deliver stimulus funds to states whose governors had rejected them. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford last week became the first governor to reject some of the stimulus money reserved for their states. Texas Gov. Rick Perry followed suit. The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee voted 18-3 on Tuesday to pass a measure authorizing the state General Assembly to seek the stimulus funds if Sanford fails to act. Sanford's strong opposition to Obama's stimulus package has raised his national profile among conservative activists and fed speculation that he's eyeing a 2012 presidential run. To the question, can the legislature go past the Gov and seek the funds? Maybe not. In a netshell: Palin is following the lead of S. Carolina Gov. Sanford and Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Last week, they did what she’s doing now. With the same kind of response and suggestion that it’s transparent pandering for a 2012 presidential run.
S. Carolina authorized it’s state General Assembly to seek the stimulus funds, but they may not be able to effectively do that, due to “An interpretation . . . which provided that a state legislature could, by concurrent resolution, direct the activities of a governor, state and local entities would appear to violate the Tenth Amendment.”

Republican legislators in the state’s GOP-controlled General Assembly have advanced a measure to accept South Carolina’s share of the stimulus money.

“During this severe economic downturn, Congress and the president wanted to provide states and localities with emergency funding in order to prevent the layoffs of teachers, police officers and other vital public servants,” White House Budget Director Peter Orszag wrote to Sanford.
Orszag said: “Congress has not authorized the executive branch to waive any of the above statutory requirements governing the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Accordingly, states’ spending . . . must satisfy the statutory requirements.”

Here’s an article worth reading: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/64213.html

A nonpartisan congressional report released Wednesday concludes that it likely would be unconstitutional for a legislature to supplant a governor in accepting and using economic stimulus money.

Aimed at bypassing governors who oppose using deficit spending to jolt the economy, the provision authorizes a legislature to apply for its state’s share of the stimulus funds if the governor fails to do so within 45 days of the measure’s Feb. 17 enactment — by April 3.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, crafted the clause to deliver stimulus funds to states whose governors had rejected them.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford last week became the first governor to reject some of the stimulus money reserved for their states. Texas Gov. Rick Perry followed suit.

The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee voted 18-3 on Tuesday to pass a measure authorizing the state General Assembly to seek the stimulus funds if Sanford fails to act.
Sanford’s strong opposition to Obama’s stimulus package has raised his national profile among conservative activists and fed speculation that he’s eyeing a 2012 presidential run.

]]> By: Martha http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28520 Martha Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:10:16 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28520 While Palin rejects monies because of "strings attached" she has no problem having Alaska lead, as the highest per capita state in the union for earmarks, or PORK. The National average is $22.39 per person per state, while Alaska sits at $209.71per person!! What happened to all the Palin campaign of "no more pork"? Palin was going to be all mavericky with John McCain and do away with PORK. How can Palin accept this huge amount of pure PORK? Palin said it was a waste of tax payer monies John McCains request for PORK this time was a big fat 0. In Obamas home state of Illinois, their total PORK was $140,965,682 compared to Alaska at 143,922,875. The population of Illinois is 12,215,270 more than Alaska. They have over 12 million more people in Illinois, yet their PORK bill is LESS than Alaskas. Illinois PORK per person is $10.93, While Alaskas is at 209.71! Palin is at the top of the trough, when it comes to pork, hypocrisy and out right BS. Ordered by Earmarks Per Capita State Congressional Earmarks Number of Earmarks Per Capita Population (2008 est.) AK $143,922,875 100 $209.71 686,293 ND $110,687,091 60 $172.55 641,481 HI $165,048,707 113 $128.12 1,288,198 MS $324,976,918 226 $110.59 2,938,618 SD $85,818,750 71 $106.71 804,194 WV $176,737,900 142 $97.40 1,814,468 VT $52,367,530 91 $84.29 621,270 MT $77,022,250 74 $79.61 967,440 NM $144,092,821 129 $72.61 1,984,356 AR $159,114,268 115 $55.72 2,855,390 LA $232,822,813 192 $52.78 4,410,796 AL $240,167,157 209 $51.52 4,661,900 MN $199,031,643 114 $38.13 5,220,393 IA $113,803,486 196 $37.90 3,002,555 DE $32,275,820 57 $36.97 873,092 RI $37,662,822 88 $35.84 1,050,788 NV $89,345,369 120 $34.36 2,600,167 UT $93,891,425 86 $34.31 2,736,424 KY $140,482,257 164 $32.91 4,269,245 WY $14,516,350 32 $27.25 532,668 ID $41,292,139 59 $27.10 1,523,816 WA $171,723,572 204 $26.22 6,549,224 NH $33,921,987 75 $25.78 1,315,809 MD $132,202,990 171 $23.47 5,633,597 MO $136,853,741 176 $23.15 5,911,605 KS $64,814,273 114 $23.13 2,802,134 MA $149,910,169 216 $23.07 6,497,967 OK $81,862,200 95 $22.48 3,642,361 VA $155,164,892 186 $19.97 7,769,089 OR $75,251,925 120 $19.86 3,790,060 PA $242,303,580 527 $19.46 12,448,279 WI $102,978,050 153 $18.30 5,627,967 MI $179,472,590 267 $17.94 10,003,422 NJ $150,670,750 220 $17.35 8,682,661 CT $58,231,874 125 $16.63 3,501,252 OH $187,423,884 294 $16.32 11,485,910 TN $100,880,000 89 $16.23 6,214,888 SC $70,894,872 85 $15.83 4,479,800 CA $568,730,493 733 $15.47 36,756,666 TX $370,046,650 369 $15.21 24,326,974 ME $19,947,000 52 $15.15 1,316,456 NE $26,733,050 52 $14.99 1,783,432 IN $90,040,310 139 $14.12 6,376,792 FL $251,823,596 338 $13.74 18,328,340 NC $118,796,030 173 $12.88 9,222,414 NY $245,083,122 497 $12.57 19,490,297 IL $140,965,682 285 $10.93 12,901,563 CO $46,818,025 80 $9.48 4,939,456 GA $90,163,019 150 $9.31 9,685,744 AZ $54,689,096 76 $8.41 6,500,180 Average Per Capita: $22.39 While Palin rejects monies because of “strings attached” she has no problem having Alaska lead, as the highest per capita state in the union for earmarks, or PORK.

The National average is $22.39 per person per state, while Alaska sits at $209.71per person!!

What happened to all the Palin campaign of “no more pork”? Palin was going to be all mavericky with John McCain and do away with PORK.

How can Palin accept this huge amount of pure PORK? Palin said it was a waste of tax payer monies John McCains request for PORK this time was a big fat 0.

In Obamas home state of Illinois, their total PORK was $140,965,682 compared to Alaska at 143,922,875. The population of Illinois is 12,215,270 more than Alaska. They have over 12 million more people in Illinois, yet their PORK bill is LESS than Alaskas. Illinois PORK per person is $10.93, While Alaskas is at 209.71!

Palin is at the top of the trough, when it comes to pork, hypocrisy and out right BS.

Ordered by Earmarks Per Capita
State Congressional Earmarks Number of Earmarks Per Capita Population (2008 est.)
AK $143,922,875 100 $209.71 686,293
ND $110,687,091 60 $172.55 641,481
HI $165,048,707 113 $128.12 1,288,198
MS $324,976,918 226 $110.59 2,938,618
SD $85,818,750 71 $106.71 804,194
WV $176,737,900 142 $97.40 1,814,468
VT $52,367,530 91 $84.29 621,270
MT $77,022,250 74 $79.61 967,440
NM $144,092,821 129 $72.61 1,984,356
AR $159,114,268 115 $55.72 2,855,390
LA $232,822,813 192 $52.78 4,410,796
AL $240,167,157 209 $51.52 4,661,900
MN $199,031,643 114 $38.13 5,220,393
IA $113,803,486 196 $37.90 3,002,555
DE $32,275,820 57 $36.97 873,092
RI $37,662,822 88 $35.84 1,050,788
NV $89,345,369 120 $34.36 2,600,167
UT $93,891,425 86 $34.31 2,736,424
KY $140,482,257 164 $32.91 4,269,245
WY $14,516,350 32 $27.25 532,668
ID $41,292,139 59 $27.10 1,523,816
WA $171,723,572 204 $26.22 6,549,224
NH $33,921,987 75 $25.78 1,315,809
MD $132,202,990 171 $23.47 5,633,597
MO $136,853,741 176 $23.15 5,911,605
KS $64,814,273 114 $23.13 2,802,134
MA $149,910,169 216 $23.07 6,497,967
OK $81,862,200 95 $22.48 3,642,361
VA $155,164,892 186 $19.97 7,769,089
OR $75,251,925 120 $19.86 3,790,060
PA $242,303,580 527 $19.46 12,448,279
WI $102,978,050 153 $18.30 5,627,967
MI $179,472,590 267 $17.94 10,003,422
NJ $150,670,750 220 $17.35 8,682,661
CT $58,231,874 125 $16.63 3,501,252
OH $187,423,884 294 $16.32 11,485,910
TN $100,880,000 89 $16.23 6,214,888
SC $70,894,872 85 $15.83 4,479,800
CA $568,730,493 733 $15.47 36,756,666
TX $370,046,650 369 $15.21 24,326,974
ME $19,947,000 52 $15.15 1,316,456
NE $26,733,050 52 $14.99 1,783,432
IN $90,040,310 139 $14.12 6,376,792
FL $251,823,596 338 $13.74 18,328,340
NC $118,796,030 173 $12.88 9,222,414
NY $245,083,122 497 $12.57 19,490,297
IL $140,965,682 285 $10.93 12,901,563
CO $46,818,025 80 $9.48 4,939,456
GA $90,163,019 150 $9.31 9,685,744
AZ $54,689,096 76 $8.41 6,500,180

Average Per Capita: $22.39

]]> By: SMR http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28516 SMR Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:05:06 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28516 Is getreal for real????????????????? Better question: Is getreal from &/or living in Alaska, or is he/she some delusional teamscara freak? This Alaskan (born & raised) former registered Republican (changed reg in Sep 08!) has no problem saying that Palin is the worst gov this state has ever had, hands down. Right now Alaskans must band together to communicate amongst themselves and with their elected officials other than the GINO, to ensure that the short- and long-term needs of Alaska are met, as they are clearly not a priority for our gov. Support her? Take pride in her? Give me a break! Our state is fighting for its financial survival, the financial survival that she is throwing/has thrown under the Sa**hPAC bus. Get lost getreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For people posting with a brain -- check out Andrew Halcro's site for an interesting take on the stimulous funds as related to the Sa**hPAC issue. Is getreal for real????????????????? Better question: Is getreal from &/or living in Alaska, or is he/she some delusional teamscara freak? This Alaskan (born & raised) former registered Republican (changed reg in Sep 08!) has no problem saying that Palin is the worst gov this state has ever had, hands down. Right now Alaskans must band together to communicate amongst themselves and with their elected officials other than the GINO, to ensure that the short- and long-term needs of Alaska are met, as they are clearly not a priority for our gov.

Support her? Take pride in her? Give me a break! Our state is fighting for its financial survival, the financial survival that she is throwing/has thrown under the Sa**hPAC bus.

Get lost getreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For people posting with a brain — check out Andrew Halcro’s site for an interesting take on the stimulous funds as related to the Sa**hPAC issue.

]]> By: Martha http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/19/palin-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-stimulus-money/#comment-28506 Martha Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=2262#comment-28506 getreal (06:24:22) : At a time when we should be most proud of our governor, the hate here shines through strong as ever. This is not “no strings attached” monies. It is more than prudent for the legislature to take a very hard look at every penny of this funding and make sure this is the right thing for Alaska. When I read the posts her I cant help but think how hypocritical it is that socialists have renamed their movement “progressive” when obviously no progress can be made when people who hate so vociferously refuse to use common sense and inject personal hatred into management of the state. Grow Up ================================================= I know that you are just a troll, but before you comment you should READ the post! As Follows; ================================================= Let’s go back to that family analogy of which Palin is so fond. So what Mom is telling the kids is that we can’t just go off half-cocked and send you older kids to college, because by the time the little ones grow up, we might not get that scholarship anymore. So, it really wouldn’t be fair now would it? Because, see, if Mommy sends you to college Janie, that creates an unrealistic expectation for little Billy here. And then later, when maybe we can’t afford to send him, it just wouldn’t be right. See what I mean, honey? So nobody gets to go. Yes, this is our Great Mother’s brilliant and visionary strategy for the future of our family. Let’s not deal with today’s problems (education, vocational rehabilitation, and public safety) today because we might not be able to deal with tomorrow’s problems tomorrow. getreal (06:24:22) :
At a time when we should be most proud of our governor, the hate here shines through strong as ever. This is not “no strings attached” monies. It is more than prudent for the legislature to take a very hard look at every penny of this funding and make sure this is the right thing for Alaska. When I read the posts her I cant help but think how hypocritical it is that socialists have renamed their
movement “progressive” when obviously no progress can be made when people who hate so vociferously refuse to use common sense and inject personal hatred into management of the state. Grow Up
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I know that you are just a troll, but before you comment you should READ the post! As Follows;

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Let’s go back to that family analogy of which Palin is so fond. So what Mom is telling the kids is that we can’t just go off half-cocked and send you older kids to college, because by the time the little ones grow up, we might not get that scholarship anymore. So, it really wouldn’t be fair now would it? Because, see, if Mommy sends you to college Janie, that creates an unrealistic expectation for little Billy here. And then later, when maybe we can’t afford to send him, it just wouldn’t be right. See what I mean, honey? So nobody gets to go.

Yes, this is our Great Mother’s brilliant and visionary strategy for the future of our family. Let’s not deal with today’s problems (education, vocational rehabilitation, and public safety) today because we might not be able to deal with tomorrow’s problems tomorrow.

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