Jindal wants to review any "strings" attached to 4 billion in bailout money before he accepts it. Given our direction, the Feds might want to start offering that as an option at birth before one assumes citizenship. Not to worry about the money though, the ever helpful Ray Nagin stepped right up. Will that be cash, or a personal check?
Is this the first test for any GOP Gov with Presidential plans in 2012? Barbour and Sanford are making similar noises. Bredesen is considering holding his budget proposal release until he sees the offer. I thought I saw something about Palin being for it, but there's no recent news on Palin and the bailout that I can find. Crist is looking like Obama's pet goat these days and Arnold will be lucky to still have a state by the time any money comes out. Too bad.
"We'll have to review each program, each new dollar to make sure that we understand what are the conditions, what are the strings and see whether it's beneficial for Louisiana to use those dollars," Jindal said, according to CBS affiliate WWLTV.
Jindal is scheduled to give the response to the president’s not-exactly-a-state-of-the-union address next Tuesday.
As WWLTV notes, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has said he’ll take any money that Louisiana turns down.
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