Sanford tangoed with the Obama administration about strings that were attached to unemployment benefits. He did not reject all Porkulus money. Only the free money that he didn't think S. Carolina could match. Eventually, Congress went around Sanford by giving it directly to S. Carolina's legislature to distribute.
This is a classic case of unlimited wants and needs confronting limited means. The solution is simple. Raise taxes and/or cut back on State cost sharing aid to local communities. So what's the problem?
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