That is what several governors have told the Federal government, most of them in the South and Repubs, but why would a governor not want stimulus money to help his/her state?  Well, some say that it would put a strain on their budgets in the future.  Or maybe it is the red tape involved.  Or maybe it is because it is coming from a Democratic pres.

There has not been a definitive answer to why they do not need or want the cash…but with a little reading and research there could be an answer…..

The buzz grows surrounding the possibility of a second massive economic stimulus package, President Obama and Vice President Biden warned state officials yesterday to spend their shares of the approved $787 billion wisely – or else.

“If we see money being misspent, we’re going to put a stop to it,” Obama said at a daylong White House conference on the recovery package.

With that one statement it could explain the hesitancy of the governors to accept the cash.  It must be spent for the good of the state…not put in some “general fund” to be pissed away like so many other funds that some of the states receive.

Could it be that the governors are afraid of the word “transparency”?

I did find one thing that caught my attention.

Some state officials expressed confusion about what role they will play in passing on stimulus money to cities and towns and what reporting requirements they’ll face. They also complained that there has been a lack of communication about projects that have been announced.

This is a good possibliity, especially in my state of Mississippi, where we have the absolute worst system of record checking….another good way to piss money away …if no one can check where it goes…..

These governors are NOT acting in the best interests of their states and its people.  They are playing politics…in a tiome when politics should be the furtherest thing from their minds.