Stimulus for Texas -- Gov. Perry

Maybe I'm just naive or maybe politics are really just that blunt, but what I fail to understand is how in the last 8 years we could allow Trillions of dollars to be spent on assisting a foreign economy become a democracy but when the idea of spending under 1 Trillion dollars on the American economy is presented, our Republican Governor says he may refuse it. Why didn't he refuse to send Texas soldiers to Iraq? I understand big spending is just making the deficit worse, but I haven't seen the Republican party offer better ideas in the last 8 years, we allowed Bush to spend trillions, but now we want to be conservative and not spend money? Does the Republican party really care more about being right and Obama failing than the American people? Please enlighten me if I am just politically ignorant.

The article, Perry relents on stimulus money, is about Governor Perry deciding to accept the stimulus after all, and I feel it is worth reading because it directly affects the Texas economic situation. The stimulus package is supposed to pump money into the system to improve transportation, which has been a big issue in Austin (Toll Roads). Is this possibly a reason Governor Perry didn't want to accept the funds? Austin is currently on the brink of announcing multiple major layoffs, and this stimulus package may have a direct impact on our future.