Wasn’t I JUST saying…

Courtesy of my old employer: UPDATE 1-US governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance

And, keeping in mind my very recent “Fuck The South” revisited post, check out which governors:

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Governors of five U.S. states urged the federal government to provide $1 trillion in aid to the country’s 50 states to help pay for education, welfare and infrastructure as states struggle with steep budget deficits amid a deepening recession.

The governors of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin — all Democrats — said the initiative for the two-year aid package was backed by other governors and follows a meeting in December where governors called on President-elect Barack Obama to help them maintain services in the face of slumping revenues.

So let’s see, we’ve got the state in which I was born and currently live, the other state in which I’ve lived and went to college, and the only other state in which I’ve worked. Great! I’m so proud.  Continuing…

Gov. David Paterson of New York said 43 states now have budget deficits totaling some $100 billion as tax revenues plunge.

“It’s clear that the federal government needs to step in and jump-start the economy,” said Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts.

But given that there are only 50 states plus a handful of territories in all that the federal government can extract revenue from, it’s less clear how Governor Paterson thinks the federal government can pull it off.

Read it and weep. This wrist-slitting-inducing conclusion wraps it up:

[New Jersey Governor} Corzine said the money called for represents about 3 percent to 3.5 percent of the economy, equivalent to the amount that the economy is expected to contract by over the next two quarters.

In light of the $700 billion provided to bail out the financial industry, "It's not shockingly large," he said.

Now I have no intention of regularly resorting to profanity on this blog, but seeing as this guy is my governor, I’m hoping I’ll be excused if I feel the need to say this: Governor Corzine, calling you a worthless piece of shit is an undeserved insult to worthless pieces of shit everywhere. Go fuck yourself. “It’s not shockingly large.” Fuck you.