Palin To Reject Nearly $515 Million In Stimulus Money For Alaska

March 19, 2009 · Filed Under sarah palin · 1 Comment

Gov. Sarah Palin says she intends to accept only about half of the more than $1 billion dollars in stimulus money earmarked for Alaska.

Protesting federal "strings," attached to stimulus funding, Gov. Sarah Palin said she doesn’t want nearly half the estimated $930 million Alaska is eligible for.

"Will we chart our own course, or will Washington (D.C.) engineer it for us?" Palin said.

She expected to file an appropriations bill this afternoon accepting about $251.5 million in stimulus funds, coupled with allocations of $262.6 million already requested for transportation and aviation projects for a total state take of about $514.1 million.

Palin said she’s fine with accepting money that will actually create jobs in Alaska. What she doesn’t want is the social engineering money that Obama is forcing on the states. Money that will permanently grow the welfare rolls and increase the size of government.

Good for her.

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