Governor Jindal opposes Obama's stimulus bill

Washington, February 23 (PTI) Louisiana's Indian American
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal Monday said he "fundamentally
disagreed" with the USD 787 billion economic recovery package
of US President Barack Obama, accusing him of not having a
"bi-partisan approach" on the stimulus plan.

"I just have a fundamental disagreement with this
package. When it was originally proposed, it was talked about
as target tax cuts as well as infrastructure investment," said
Jindal while appearing on the weekly "Meet the Press"
programme of the CNBC news channel.

Jindal,(37) has even turned down USD 100 million of
federal money saying that for this temporary thing, he would
have to permanently change the State Law. Rest part of the
bill is being reviewed by his Government, he said.

He accused Obama of not having a bi-partisan approach on
the stimulus bill. "I think the President had a chance, if he
had worked with Republicans instead of allowing Speaker Pelosi
to write this bill, if he had worked with Republicans to say
let's really invest in the infrastructure, let's do targeted
temporary spending, let's do some tax cuts. Let's get the
economy moving."

Jindal said the country's economic challenges can't be
solved by government spending. "What I think is the only way
we grow this economy is to get the private sector hiring
again, expanding, creating jobs. The only way you're going to
solve the foreclosure crisis, the only way you're going to
have the credit freeze resolved is by the private sector
expanding," he said.