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When California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom begins meetings in Austin with Hardee’s hamburgers chief Andrew Puzder, local Chamber of Commerce Chairman Bobby Jenkins and Texas Governor Rick Perry, it’s because the most- populous state lingers in a funk, even as the U.S. pulls out of the deepest recession in half a century.
The world’s eighth-largest economy has lagged in job growth since California-based lenders such as Countrywide Financial Corp. led America into the housing bust. Unemployment in the state is 12.2 percent, more than a third higher than the national average. While signature industries such as technology, trade and tourism have rebounded, construction and government employment are weak or falling.
What California needs to do is stop spending billions of dollars on benefits for children of illegal aliens as well as healthcare for illegal aliens themselves.
Construction jobs are failing? It is kind of hard to imagine that. Unless you mean those who work in that field are working under the table and not paying taxes.
It's going to take a couple of years for Jerry Brown to fix his GOP predecessor's utter mess, but I am confident California will turn around. San Francisco is already enjoying a mini-renaissance of sorts.
California has a spend and tax mentality.
So just raise those taxes on the rich and be happy.
California cannot be like Texas..the libs in California would never allow that.
California has a spend and tax mentality.
So just raise those taxes on the rich and be happy.
California cannot be like Texas..the libs in California would never allow that.
I would say that Califrnia basically has a spending problem and that even the jobs raised are not goig to be enough. that is besides the businesses they are losing which means more burden on individual taxpayers.But its like outr national spending it wouldn;t get fixed until its a crisis and real cuts have to be made as usual with problems.
Okay, Texas has a large job growth, great. But what of its institutions and infrastructure, and education system? Texas doesn't compete with states that spend their money on education, job training, new infrastructure, etc.
Okay, Texas has a large job growth, great. But what of its institutions and infrastructure, and education system? Texas doesn't compete with states that spend their money on education, job training, new infrastructure, etc.
We have to spend our money on bilingual and ESL programs.
53% of children in school are of Hispanic backgrounds needing additional help throughout their school years.
Sad to say..the social programs in schools are taking a front seat to the academic programs in schools.
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