After Raising Secession Threats, Rick Perry Calls For Fed Help With Swine Flu

[Richard Tafoya]

Hunffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/26/rick-perry-after-secessio_n_191521.html

Less than two weeks after raising the prospect of seceding from the union, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling on the federal government to come to his state's aid in the midst of the swine flu outbreak.
The San Marcos Record reports (http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/local_story_115145845.html):
Gov. Rick Perry today in a precautionary measure requested the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide 37,430 courses of antiviral medications from the Strategic National Stockpile to Texas to prevent the spread of swine flu. [...]
"As a precautionary measure, I have requested that medication be on hand in Texas to help curb the spread of swine flu by helping those with both confirmed and suspected cases of this swine flu virus, as well as healthcare providers who may have come in contact with these patients," said Gov. Rick Perry. "We will continue to work with our local, state and federal health officials to ensure public safety is protected."

[DoubleEdgeSword]

What? You mean Texas can't manufacture a whole bunch of doses of Tamiflu and Relenza on it's own? Huh.

[pinky]

I'm guessing that federal help will be accepted in South Carolina as well, after the Myrtle Beach fire. :rolleyes:

[Richard Tafoya]

But won't these emergency services just saddle our children with more debt, according to Rick Perry? Isn't the real solution just to cut taxes, according to the teabaggers? Tax cuts for major corporations and those making over $250k a year put out fires and heal the sick, right?