Ricky Perry's Rejection to funds

According to the Houston Chronicle Rick Perry has in the past, and present rejected millions of money that could benefit the citizens of Texas. In his most recent action, thousands of taxpayer's dollars were rejected which were presented in the form of federal funding. The Economy is in a recession and the search for jobs is still running strong for Texans. If he would have accepted the federal funding it would have been basically like the taxpayers getting back the money that they've paid. This would obviously help those of us who are still looking for a job, low on cash, or have a job but cannot make ends meet. He also disagreed to participate with the "national health care law's insurance pools for high-risk individuals". Garnet Coleman, who is the "vice-chair of the committee monitoring" the Texas plan says that it will cover more individuals who do not have insurance. Perry disagreed with this because he says that the "rules are not clear enough on how states will run the plan" and that the funding isn't enough. In the past he rejected a $700 million "educational grant, in spite of appeals from school leaders to enter."
I think that Perry is just setting us back as a state. It is ridiculous that we can't benefit from something that we paid for. Insurance is a difficult thing to acquire, and if the Texas Plan along with the national health care law can benefit the uninsured, then why not? Insurance pools for high-risk individuals should be used by Texas for Texans who are denied insurance. They probably need it more than some other citizens because they have had a pre-existing condition. The whole idea that someone is denied insurance for a pre-existing condition is ridiculous in itself! If Garnet Coleman is correct than others who have not had a pre-existing condition will also benefit.
He has also rejected a beneficial huge grant for education. This majorly sets us back because some Texas' schools aren't up to the level of education they should be. That grant could have helped find good teachers and change educational systems of schools or school districts to help improve educating younger generations of Texas. Since our younger generations are our future, we won't have much of a future to look forward to because children being educated today might not have been given the advantages they could have had academically. If more children could get good educations they could go on to recieve more education and get better jobs which would in turn, help out our economy. So basically if Perry at least accepted some of these offers he would have benefitted Texans immensely. Since he hasn't we are left to deal with our circumstances.