Since it appears more and more likely that Congress will approve another economic stimulus package within the next couple of months, every special-interest group under the sun is swarming Capitol Hill for handouts. Yesterday it was the nation’s governors turn as Govs. David Patterson (D-NY) and Jon Corzine (D-NJ) came to the House Ways and Means Committee on their knees begging for cash. Patterson compared the current financial crisis to 9/11 and asked Congress for “a direct injection of federal aid to state budgets.” Corzine implored, “The federal government ignores …
