This is a prime example of how the ferderal government holds a gun to the head of states. By spending a certain amount of money the feds grant the states money for added benefits. Putting the states at the whim of the feds and causing them to spend money they don't have.

By refusing to address the budget issue with cuts and running an end around I-960 the dems are committing politcal suicide. If I'm in financial trouble personally I don't go out and borrow more money to cover my bills. I sell the driftboat, cancel the vacation, and start eating top ramen for a while.

The current path most state governments and the federal government are on is unsustainable. If the current course is continued then foreign creditors will run for the door and there will be a currency crisis almost overnight. Anyone who believes otherwise or that America is imune to such happenings is completely ignorant. A cursory look at history will show you that no fiat currency has survived for more than 60 years. This is why the founders granted only Congress (not the Federal Reserves banksters) the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof and that only gold and silver should be legal tender for all transactions.

Until this country wakes up and realizes that the value of their money is being inflated away by overspending gov'ts and private banks all to willing to create out of thin air for them, then we will contiune down this path of budget crisis' and never ending inflation.