Texas bucks trend, adds jobs in December (Mart, Point: unemployed, go bankrupt)

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

^^^Good post. Things are relatively good here, but the key word is RELATIVELY. They still arent good.

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Let's see....approximately 1,000 people are moving to Texas every single day.

My fuzzy math shows that after 270,000 jobs are created this year, we will still have 100,000 people who relocated to Texas and are unemployed. Yeah, that sounds GREAT.

No this is the wrong approach. People think of "growth" as in people moving to Texas. But for every 10 new residents to Texas on average only 4 of them are migrants from out of the state. Most are new born babies, and 2 out of 10 of them are immigrants to the state.

So now, Texas is on que for adding jobs, lowering unemployment, & keeping its populace in work with jobs that it is creating.

[BestintheWest]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

No this is the wrong approach. People think of "growth" as in people moving to Texas. But for every 10 new residents to Texas on average only 4 of them are migrants from out of the state. Most are new born babies, and 2 out of 10 of them are immigrants to the state.

So now, Texas is on que for adding jobs, lowering unemployment, & keeping its populace in work with jobs that it is creating.

"But for every 10 new residents to Texas on average only 4 of them are migrants from out of the state. Most are new born babies, and 2 out of 10 of them are immigrants to the state."

And the real trick is to get them all to pay taxes and to pay for their kids education.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by aliveandwellinSA

"But for every 10 new residents to Texas on average only 4 of them are migrants from out of the state. Most are new born babies, and 2 out of 10 of them are immigrants to the state."

And the real trick is to get them all to pay taxes and to pay for their kids education.

And to not depend upon any form of welfare, public assistance, free medical care, etc. Or require extra tutoring from already overworked teachers that have just had their classroom size increased in order to pass TAKS.

[FiddleDeeD]

thanks for the post Nomad. Renfraud is a bit of a fraud. Texas doesn't really have the jobs that they are projecting. Things are getting worse.

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

And tens of thousands of teachers in Texas will be losing their jobs this year as well as other positions in school districts across the state due to a very bad budget deficit.

A very bad budget deficit or an influx of illegal alien children?

Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration is Sending Schools Into the Red.

FAIR: Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration is Sending Schools Into the Red Full Text

Instate tuition for illegal aliens:

College Inc. - Texas students oppose tuition break for illegal immigrants

The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday. That means Texas has at most 400,000 illegal immigrant students, who cost $3.5 billion annually to educate

Immigrant numbers in Texas schools debated - UPI.com

[BestintheWest]

Originally Posted by plwhit

Immigrant numbers in Texas schools debated - UPI.com

Good link. An easy way to shave $3.5 billion off the budget.

[TurtleCreek80]

This was posted on cnn.com today
Low-wage jobs dominated hiring so far in job market recovery - Jan. 31, 2011

I believe Texas is mirroring the same national trends with our newly created jobs ->
"Bernhardt's analysis of the first seven months of 2010 found that 76% of jobs created were in low- to mid-wage industries -- those earning between $8.92 to $15 an hour, well below the national average hourly wage of $22.60

"High-wage sectors -- made up of jobs that pay between $17.43 and $31 an hour -- accounted for nearly half the jobs lost during the recession, but have produced only 5% of the new jobs since hiring resumed."

[Wonderful Jellal]

Jobs are jobs, and it's good.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by RenaudFR

Jobs are jobs, and it's good.

No, not if they aren't quality jobs. Did you read the CNN article I posted? The majority of jobs lost in the recession paid over $50,000 per year. The majority of jobs created in past year pay $20,000 a year.

Sure, it's good to make $20k vs 0, but that person's standard of living has taken a 60% hit. That is NEVER good- for consumer spending, for the housing market, for debt reduction, for increasing the tax base so we don't have to lay off scads of teachers and cut health care & other services for the neediest people.

How is it good to have millions of people taking a 50-75% pay cut? How???