Tax watchdog: let the poor starve.

SC's state comptroller is annoyed that stimulus money has gone to the poor:

While the phrase "shovel-ready jobs" has gone hand in hand with the stimulus program, most of money sent to state governments in 2009 was spent, as intended, on Medicaid, unemployment compensation, and food stamps.

"Those might be worthwhile spending initiatives, but if we don't have the money, then we shouldn't spend it," Eckstrom said. "The money was spread among a narrow group of people, who tend not to be taxpayers."