I thought this was joke….
During a bit more then decade ago this crazy counter assed idea was expressed by some Republican Governors (Scott was one at the time)….
Political foolery….
In the end?
Current Florida Republican Gov DeSantis wants to know why Senator Scott did NOT get his state MORE Money….
They’ll do the same this time…..
And just like the last time?
Republicans who ALL voted against the money in Congress will go back home and tell their supporters that they helped them get the checks…..
Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has a message for states and cities poised to receive a collective $360 billion from the American Rescue Act stimulus package: Send it back.
Scott’s call to to reject money that polls show is popular nationally, even among Republicans, has flared tension between Scott and another Florida GOP leader, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In an open letter to governors and mayors, sent moments after the U.S. House on Wednesday approved the $1.9 trillion bill, Scott called it “massive, wasteful and non-targeted,” urging states to follow his lead and send a message to Congress to “quit recklessly spending other people’s money.”
“By rejecting and returning any unneeded funds, as well as funds unrelated to COVID-19, you would be taking responsible action to avoid wasting scarce tax dollars,” he wrote. “After all, every dollar in this package is borrowed.”
Democrats blast state GOP plans to use stimulus for corporate tax breaks
Scott, a former governor of Florida, called his request “simple and common sense,” adding that money slated for state and local governments is “wholly unrelated to responding to the pandemic.”
Scott has a history of bucking federal funds. As governor, he refused to allow Florida to accept Obamacare-related money to expand Medicaid health care coverage….
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While Scott was calling for rejection of the assistance, DeSantis announced he has big plans for the stimulus money. And he may well be blaming Scott, at least partly, for not getting Florida more of it….
image….Politico
So much for Republican Governor’s NOT taking Biden Stimulus/Rescue money….
DeSantis Won’t Reject Stimulus Funds
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) flatly rejected Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) “call for governors and mayors to return money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, creating another fault line with his potential 2024 rival,” Politico reports.
Said DeSantis: “It doesn’t make any sense. If Florida were to send the money back, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is going to send it to Illinois, California, New York or New Jersey. I don’t think that would make sense for Floridians — for us to be giving even more money to the blue states that are already getting such a big windfall in this bill.”
Another Red State WILL TAKE the Biden Stimulus/Rescue money…Sen Scott was spitting into the wind in telling states, even Republican ones NOT tale BILLIONS in Federal money….
Idaho Governor Will Accept Relief Funds
Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) will work with state legislators to accept and spend the nearly $1.2 billion in discretionary funding his state will receive from the American Relief Plan, the Idaho Statesmen reports.
Said Little: “The plan is being mortgaged on our children and grandchildren’s future. They will shoulder the burden to pay off this massive debt. All that said, rejecting the funds is not the right thing to do for Idaho.”