Insiders said nearly all Democrat governors have checked in, vying for their “fair share” of Gitmo detainees with offers of government jobs, usually in the state capitol, Medicaid coverage, and low-interest mortgage loans or even HUD Section 8 vouchers to cover the cost of renting a new home in a nice suburban neighborhood. Some have sweetened the deal with small business loans or grants, and cheap rent in “business incubators” allowing the former the enemy combatants to return to their former trades. Others offered to help these deeply-religious men to construct new places of worship, and to use government-owned public address systems to issue their calls to prayer five times daily. |
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