Shorter Think Progress: Virginia is “feeling flush” after turning a $1.8 billion deficit into a $403.2 million budget surplus at the close of the fiscal year. In a celebratory speech before the Virginia legislature Thursday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) credited higher tax revenue, state agencies’ fiscal responsibility, and serious budget cuts for the state’s ability “to balance the books.” No mention of the $2.5 billion in stimulus relief he got from the federal government provided in part specifically to “help close the state’s budget shortfall in 2010-2012.”
It takes a person of special rottenness to politic against something and then after it works, ignore it while claiming responsibility for its success. Thankfully this time we have simple math to show what disingenuous jerks these people really are.
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