July 27, 2009 10:15 PM UTC

Penry: I Would (Still) Reject Stimulus Funds

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Craig Daily Press reports:

“The worst part of the stimulus bill is not the $1 trillion it puts on top of the $13 trillion of debt already there, it is the evisceration of the states’ ability to control their own budgets,” he said. “We need governors to step back and say, ‘No, we don’t want your money. We’ll balance our own budgets.'”

Penry later added he would like to see a lot of the recovery funds go toward paying off the national debt instead of starting new government programs or bailing out state budgets.

He lumped Colorado in with the problem.

“The money included for transportation, I thought was a good investment,” Penry said. “The $800 million in bailouts (for Colorado), I don’t think future voters should be required to bailout bad budget decisions. I don’t think the federal government should bail out California for their mismanagement, and I don’t think Colorado is different.”

A week or so ago, the question came up as to whether Josh Penry’s comments earlier this year that he would reject stimulus funds would see some modification now that he’s actually running for Governor. We called this moment “where the ‘Tea Party’ rhetoric meets reality.”

Apparently, it hasn’t yet–maybe after the primary?