emergency bills sending money to states, and could you do without it? well, i think it has to end soon because the federal government is running out of money. $14 trillion, which is $42,000 for every american, candy, it s an unsustainable level of spending. we cannot continue to be a debtor nation. we ve got to do what we ve done here in virginia. we ve cut $10 billion in the last two years. spending is out of control at a lot of levels of government. we have to live within our means. but would your economic picture have been as good as you paint it now had it not been for the fact that the federal government stepped in and sent money to states? look, i think in the short run some of the stimulus funding has helped us in some of the areas, although we ve turned some of it down and made the decisions to make the cuts that are necessary. but we cannot continue to have all the states rely on the federal government. governor granholm, could you have done without the money that the
as you see it, is that true? are you getting most of your money from some of these emergency bills sending money to states, and could you do without it? well, i think it has to end soon because the federal government is running out of money. 14 trillion, which is $42,000 for every american, candy, it s an unsustainable level of spending. we cannot continue to be a debtor nation. we cut $10 billion in the last two years. spending it out of control at a lot of levels of government. we have to live within our means. but would your economic picture have been as good as you paint it now had it not been for the fact that the federal government stepped in and sent money to states? look, i think in the short run some of the stimulus funding has helped us in some of the areas, although we ve turned some of it down and made the decisions to make the cuts that are necessary. but we cannot continue to have all the states rely on the federal government. governor granholm, could you have don
governor mcdonnell, first to you, is that as you see it, is that true, are you getting most of your money from some of the emergency bills sending money to states, and could you do without it? i think it has to end soon because the federal government is running out of money. $42,000 for every american, we cannot continue to be a debtor nation. spend something out of control at a lot of levels of gut. would your economic picture been as good had it not been that the federal government stepped in and sent money to states. i think the stimulus funding has helped us in some of the areas, and we turned some of it down and made decisions to make the cuts necessary. we cannot continue to have all