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Originally Posted by Gouge
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Lonestar state added 732,000 private sector jobs in the past 10 years, while no other state added more than 100,000. In fact, only 19 states plus the District of Columbia added any jobs at all. Sorry man but those are not just minimum wage jobs and energy industry jobs, its across the board growth.
Also add in the fact that Texas avoided the real-estate bust that decimated the economies of several large Sunbelt states, including California and Florida, during the 2008-2010 recession. It consequently was positioned for a faster takeoff once the national economy began improving, allowing it to create 251,700 new jobs in the past year alone.
I guess everyone who prays for there country to prosper is now considered a "fanatical religious person"...interesting POV.
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Here is something from the Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/polit...b-creation.ece
In case you don't want to click the link here is what their fact check says:
JOBS
Perry: ?Since June of 2009, Texas is responsible for more than 40 percent of all of the new jobs created in America.?
In context: There are questions about how much Perry and his policies are to credit for those job gains. Economists agree with Perry that a low state tax rate and limitations on lawsuits help foster business growth. But other factors, such as the state?s booming population and Texas? oil and gas resources, are also at work. Critics also note that many of the jobs created on Perry?s watch are low-paying and lack benefits.
Here is some other stuff about him and the economy in Texas
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20091874.shtml
A few interesting points. For all its job growth the Texas unemployment rate is still right there with the national average.
Even with all this job creation the state still has a huge budget shortage so he cute healthcare for the poor and laid off 49,000 teachers.
As for his praying. During a dry spell he asked the people of Texas to take three days to pray for rain. He recently held a huge religious rally where he had some 60,000 people gather at an arena and he led a religious ceremony. I have always felt like this: If you want to be religious, no problem. However, don't bug me with it. Also, keep it out of the government. This guy is so religious it seems to be such a part of the fiber of his being he won't be able to separate them and anyone that fanatical tends to scare me because they are either A. Faking it and using it to get elected or B. They are legit and want to turn to prayer instead of logic to lead.
When you look at third world countries what do almost all of them have in common? Most of their jobs are low paying service industry jobs where nobody really creates anything, they just pass the same money back and forth between each other and they have rabidly religious leaders. Perry just gives me that third world country leader vibe.