img_7354_265957_7Cash-strapped and facing 12-percent unemployment, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she is more than happy to accept any federal stimulus money that other states may turn down. “Michigan would like to be first in line,” Granholm wrote in a letter to Vice President Biden, who is in charge of implementing the recovery package.

In recent weeks, some Republican governors like South Carolina’s Mark Sanford, Alaska’s Sarah Palin and Texas’ Rick Perry have indicated they would not accept portions of the federal stimulus funding heading to their states.

 

On Friday, Sanford became the last governor to accept stimulus funding, $8 billion, but said he would continue to contest $700 million worth of education and law enforcement money.

South Carolina has the nation’s second-largest unemployment rate, following Michigan.