Unemployed? Perry doesn't care

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has long been a known liar. And this story continues to prove what a fucking asshole he is.

When Louisiana's Bobby Jindal refused to accept stimulus money to pay for unemployment insurance for workers in his state, it was bad enough. But a similar tantrum by Perry makes it even more plain how mean-spirited the Republican intelligentsia (as it were) has become.

Obama's stimulus package set aside $555,000,000 for unemployed Texans. But Rick Perry has decreed that Texas can't have this money.

If you're unemployed in the Lone Star State, you won't be seeing stimulus money - all because Perry decided not to let you have it.

He doesn't even want to help his own constituents? How hateful can you get?

And why? Just so he can make a point about what a big conservative he is - just to please the Republican party faithful.

(Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/12/national/a124857D51.DTL)