Did the citizens of Republican-led states agree to secede from the Union?

[bigtree]

The republican governors who say they won't accept the stimulus funds are standing in the way of the citizens of those states by denying their right to participate in the federal program. The money wasn't for the governors _ it was intended for the citizen's benefit, whether it's money for their roads, schools, or for business investment opportunities.

Unless these governors are prepared and supported in their state to assume a Confederacy-type stance against the legislative will of the national government, they need to be compelled (with lawsuits and other coercion from citizens) to either utilize the federal money as directed or get out of the way of those citizens in their states who intend to.

[sutz12]

1. I'm sure the Union will succeed.

There are several states that IMO would make a more perfect Union is they DID secede.

:)

[bigtree]

2. heh

sp. :hi:

[pnutbutr]

3. any state is free to

refuse federal funding. It's the fed offering money to the states. Nothing says they have to take it.

[drm604]

4. They can refuse, but the question is - should they?

Should they stand in the way of their citizens for the sake of some political agenda?

[1620rock]

6. Well those same dumb-ass citizens elected them.

[Occam Bandage]

5. I've already starting growing a beard, and practicing my skill with a minie rifle.

Huzzah for the Stars and Stripes, boys! We'll lick Johnny Reb yet! Give them the grape, then fix bayonets and charge! Onwards! Onwards for God and Union!

[bigtree]

8. I'm thinking more on the order of a legal brigade of legislators

. . . and activists.

[villager]

7. Yes. Rightwingers are still stuck in their "Confederacy"

.. and this time, I think we oughtta let 'em go...

[shraby]

9. The state legislators can by-pass the governor

if he turns it down. Clyburn wrote that into the bill.

[bigtree]

10. do the governors then have a veto over those initiatives?