Why is Texas leading the nation in terms of job growth during the recession?

[orbius]

Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg

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The major root reason is lower costs relatively. No state income tax, low labor costs relatively, lower real estate prices. Some industry specific reasons are the lack of industrial pollution regulations in Texas compared to other states.

Dangers to the attractiveness for non-sector specific industries in Texas are: poor educational quality as per objective measures and high drop out rates. High poverty rates, localized pollution, and criminality rates. Lack of infrastructure spending.

The question is if crime, poverty, and educational metrics continue to decline will at some point business determine that the grass is greener somewhere else?

US businesses made the same decision about Mexico at some point. Could the same happen here if Texas is solely set up to serve corporate/business interests while neglecting the general population?

[SouthernBoy205]

However, the education of the US as a whole sucks with a C average. So, the chance of companies going somewhere else besides Texas that has the same positive features, but better education is slim, IMO.

[SouthernBoy205]

HELLO! I need help! I have to have three points saying why Texas is doing well in the recession in my thesis statement. At this stage, everything is related to my "economics" point, which includes business and taxes that you guys told me about. These two other points need to be different and no go hand-in-hand with the "economics" point. Should one be about its diverse demographics (different demographics are attracted to different jobs), or should one be about its location (its central location and its location on the gulf for trading)? I'm confused. Help please!

[malamute]

Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg

Awww. Nobody has any more input?

I don't know if anyone brought up NAFTA - but what is terrible for the rest of the USA is somewhat good for Texas as Texas gets a lot of jobs from all that NAFTA traffic - jobs building super highways for the NAFTA trucks, many border jobs involving the export of good jobs and the import of cheaply made products.

And the very large influx of people from Mexico, some who bring vast fortunes with them as they flee but also as refugees are given government money to set up businesses which bring in more people from Mexico. Also much federal money flows in for Medicaid, federal grants of all kinds. The food stamp program brings in billions of dollars - poverty in itself is an industry because of the federal dollars thrown at it.

And there are the military bases. Fort Bliss for example is getting tons of dollars from Washington DC for a very large expansion.

[texdav]

I would guess the same reason Texas even before the recession became the leading fortune 500 comapny state. It encourages business to grow in the state.If you watched the last governors confreence mnay sates are fast adopting the same thing because of business loss after deacdes of the opposite.