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Several Republican governors have signaled that they will reject some stimulus money on the grounds that it would saddle them with new permanent entitlements to fund.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Several Republican governors have signaled that they will reject some stimulus money on the grounds that it would saddle them with new permanent entitlements to fund. (One Democratic governor is reportedly weighing the idea.) The stimulus bill included extensions of unemployment benefits and other programs that would have been politically impossible to discontinue after the stimulus money ran out, giving the states two options: raise taxes or ask Congress for ...

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