Rants Archive: Branstad fought Republicans to "spend more"
December 20, 2009
Chris Rants posted another couple of articles from the "days before google" this time it focuses on his last year as Governor and fight he had with Rants and others. Here's what the Rants campaign has to say about the articles:Here are the articles he posted on his site:This installment reflects back on Terry Branstad's last act as Governor - his very public fight with legislative Republicans who controlled the legislature at the time. Republicans were unwilling to go along with Branstad's desire to spend more money - a fact he forgets when he talks about how much money was left in the reserves when he left office as it was only there because the legislature wouldn't agree to his spending plans. In the end, Branstad gambled that by item vetoing education reforms, like charter schools, he could force his fellow Republicans to agree to his other spending plans. In the end his gamble failed ...
