Rick Perry has TX unemployed on hook after stimulus rejection

And, I’m unemployed myself right now. Texas’ fucktard governor, Rick Perry, who didn’t want federal stimulus money earlier this year because it would require changes in the state’s unemployment benefits system, now has a huge clusterfuck on his hands and – and on the wallets of unemployed Texans, notably those who ran out of benefits this week and were expected extensions.

Result? Gov. Helmethair will have to borrow more than $600 million from the U.S. Department of Labor.

And, he claims, “no big deal.”

Perry told reporters today that the borrowing is routine. The state borrowed from the federal government in 2003 during the last economic downturn, he said.

Perry said accepting the $556 million (in stimulus money) would have required looser eligibility rules, burdening employers for many years to come.

Hey, how’s that Texas economic miracle, you idiot?

And, this does not include any addition to the worry factor for people affected. So what if payments will be backdated when the federal loan money arrives? What if people need money now?