Ted Rall for April 11, 2009
Transcript:
Woman: We're hungry! Governor: Whiners! Move to a state with money... see how you like it! Voice: Welcome to the airspace of Flyoverstan. Air traffic control is now on a do-it-yourself basis. Governor: We got gators 'n' Bowie knives! We don't need yer stinkin' military! Taliban: Invade states that opt out of being defended? Why? They're even bigger dumps than here! Citing principle, Governor Morrie Ronoff says his state will not accept federal stimulus money. He will reject all federal spending. That includes defense. That point is mooted by the first.
“The country whose foreign policy is about invading- I mean intervening on the behalf of oppressed people in the name of liberty, democracy and the American Way- is: darn. Gave it away already.
Anyway, you peeps just ran sh*t luck out of money. ”
Nonsense. Who do you think paid for the invasion of Iraq? Not the US taxpayer. He stopped paying for anything about trillion dollars ago when we entered deficit. The Chinese, the Indians, the Russians, etc are the ones buying all those US Treasuries that fund everything from Iraq to Iowa wind turbine makers.