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On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:05:10 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 10/30/13, 7:56 PM, wrote:

A pittance. Hell, an F-18 jet runs about $60 million each, and a nuclear
submarine is $2 billion. It's too bad the states with Republican
governors opted out and, basically, ****ed their citizens, eh?

Airplanes are a jobs program for US aerospace employees
The prime contractor for Healthcare.Com was a Canadian company.

There is more to the opt out than simply rejecting "free money" from
the government. It brings on an unfunded mandate in 3 years when the
federal money stops.
It is similar to those high speed rail deals where the feds get the
project started and then walk away leaving the state on the hook to
not only finish the project but run a money losing train for decades.

The Republican governors turned it down because they are Republicans.

Do you remember Bill Clinton's effort to get more cops on the street? He paid for them for
the first year and then the local jurisdiction needed to pick up the tab for the continued
employment of the cops. Most were terminated when the federal money ran out.