South Dakota Governor - I want to spend Covid Relief money on general stuff

[Jimmy Higgins]

The Governor of South Dakota is complaining that the emergency Covid-19 funding coming from Congress restricts her from using said Covid relief money to fund the general Government of South Dakota.

Masks on, there is a lot of horseshit in this.

"Congress did send South Dakota $1.25 billion to us, but they tied our hands on how we can spend it," Noem said today at a news conference.

But, she explained that "the only way I can spend this money is on Covid relief."

So she understands that this money is for Covid-19 relief... which means it meant to be spent on Covid-19 relief.

"It is not conservative to force a governor to spend money in areas that's not necessary and not allow me just to conduct business in a responsible manner that South Dakota always has," she explained.

She added: "I need Congress to allow states like South Dakota that have made good decisions, wise decisions that have balanced our budgets to make sure that we have the flexibility to do what's responsible."

"Made good decisions" you mean a state that doesn't have many people in it and whose large cities are like towns in the Northeast? What an asshole!

Sounds like we gave South Dakota too much money to spend on Covid-19 relief... so she can just hand the money back. That'd be what such a good conservative should do, right? Then she can join in with Cuomo asking for help related to the Economic Freeze caused by the shutdown.

 

[laughing dog]

Governor Noem is a fucktard. She refused and refuses to issue a stay at home order. South Dakota infection rate per capita is higher than her neighbor with a stay at home order.
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/south-dakotas-governor-resisted-ordering-people-to-stay-home-now-it-has-one-of-the-nations-largest-coronavirus-hot-spots/2020/04/13/5cff90fe-7daf-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html. In addition video lottery revenue from restaurant and bar sales is plummeting.

So, while her desire for flexibility is understandable based on her idiocy, she really has no legitimate complaint.

 

[Jarhyn]

One more reason on the pile why the Dakota's have no business being separate.