If you are in South Carolina, and seeing your unemployment rate rise like a sudden flu, with no medicine in sight, thank your wonderful governor for taking an ideological stand to let you sweat this particular crisis out the hard way.
This comes along with the decision by Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, to reject expanded jobless benefits, a move that pits the unemployed in need of help against businesses who really don't want to be bothered with paying out more money in tough times. The Republican governor sided with business, as usual.
Both Perry in Texas, and Republican Mark Sandford in South Carolina, are selective warriors, excepting some money, but not other money, and largely making symbolic stands that allow them to frame themselves for future elections as being fiscally responsible. Nevermind how we got in our current economic situation, or the party that led us there.
Fortunately for the citizens of each state, the stimulus bill includes a clause that allows state legislatures to bypass willful governors and accept help
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