Most of the jobs created in Texas have been government jobs, not private sector (NAFTA, unemployment rate)
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To quote again from the WSJ, ”Employment in the state’s public sector has jumped 19% since 2000, compared with a 9% rise in the private sector.” In other words, the lion’s share of the job creation in the state has been government jobs.
I think a lot of people are under the impression that Texas is a hotbed of private sector job growth. That's just not the case. Under Rick Perry, the Texas government has expanded considerably.
I really wish you libs would get y'all stories straight.
One minute Texas has the highest unemployment rate in the history of mankind, the next minute we are rocking the job market.
I think a lot of people are under the impression that Texas is a hotbed of private sector job growth. That's just not the case. Under Rick Perry, the Texas government has expanded considerably.
I'm by no means a fan of Perry. That said, given the love of all things government espoused by you and your fellow progressives I'd think you'd be thrilled to learn one of Obama's rivals is little different from Obama.
I think a lot of people are under the impression that Texas is a hotbed of private sector job growth. That's just not the case. Under Rick Perry, the Texas government has expanded considerably.
Can you liberals make up your mind? First we were told the jobs were due the commodity boom, then it was most of the jobs were minimum wage, now the jobs are government induced.
Can you liberals make up your mind? First we were told the jobs were due the commodity boom, then it was most of the jobs were minimum wage, now the jobs are government induced.
It is too bad that some of us look into the sources of information passed out by progs. Read the first part of the ABOUT Us that AUM's source has on its website. I was pretty sure that is what I would find and they aren't even trying to hide what they are.
"We’re an online journal of politics and foreign affairs analysis. For the most part, our views are Classical Liberal: a strong belief in free trade, limited government, and respect for human rights. We aim to have informed, polite conversation about the issues which we find interesting."
I don't know what classical liberal means to them but I know what it means to me.
For what it's worth, my company is moving around 3000 positions from MA, NH, RI, and NY down to Texas. Texas seems to have quite a few advantages that make it attractive.
I think a lot of people are under the impression that Texas is a hotbed of private sector job growth. That's just not the case. Under Rick Perry, the Texas government has expanded considerably.
Those minimum wage private sector jobs are better than nothing. Perry has little to do with Texas being a right to work state and a big oil state.
Course he is getting people jobs by building the Nafta Highway/Trans Texas Corridor although he has to steal property owners land and use the peoples money to do it.
Those minimum wage private sector jobs are better than nothing. Perry has little to do with Texas being a right to work state and a big oil state.
Course he is getting people jobs by building the Nafta Highway/Trans Texas Corridor although he has to steal property owners land and use the peoples money to do it.
Ain't Rick "Bailout" Perry grand?
You're a bit behind on your current events. The TTC is no longer.
And that NAFTA highway is Fed oriented as part of NAFTA signed by Clinton.
There are a couple of things Perry can not escape, most of his tenure he signed bills that ran up the debt. He also grew the state gvt, HMMMM, which {R} does this sound like?
Even though he is chirping about a balanced budget it is by sleight of hand that even {R} law makers are acknowledging :
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Even Republican state legislators acknowledge that the budget is riddled with IOUs and hidden shortfalls that will quickly come due. How is Texas likely to pay off its bills? First, by resorting to the $6.5 billion in the state’s Rainy Day Fund, effectively erasing the extra savings that Perry boasts his current budget contains. “The Rainy Day Fund is probably already spent with the Medicaid costs and public education,” acknowledges GOP state Rep. Phil King. “Effectively they’ve used it...They just aren’t going to fess up until January of 2013,” Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business, told the Texas Tribune.
If you are looking for a POTUS to grow the gvt, run yearly deficits, and use budget gimmicks then Perry is your man.
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