Obama pleads for 50B in local aid

[millerx]

I'd rather see the states and localities (and their public sector unions) confront reality now than take a handout to continue doing the same thing. this would just be throwing good money after bad, until the next time they come back with their hands out.

This.

 

if they really want to incur more debt to finance job growth, just implement a payroll tax holiday. the fact that proposals like that, which would spur private job growth, aren't even on the table shows that this proposal is more about throwing a $50B bone to political constituents than anything else.

And especially this.