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Texas Gov. Rick Perry May Have the Cure for an Ailing Economy
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Jeff KottkampJobs, jobs, jobs -- from every corner of the country politicians say we must create more jobs in America.
When Obamacare was passed, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised that 400,000 jobs would be created “almost immediately.” President Obama claims he has a plan to create jobs -- but he won’t share the details with the country until after a lengthy vacation.
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His "prescription" for the economy is eliminating the income tax, which would, in effect, eliminate the Federal Government. Sounds like fun! Good preparation for the rapture, which Perry appears to believe is imminent.
Jeff, since you are a trial lawyer, I know you are smarter than this article makes you appear.
Afraid of Kottkamp's lack of ethics and class, yes. Afraid of Rick Perry, no way.
Rick Perry for President? Politicians like Perry are the reason why I left the Republican Party. Perry represents all that is wrong with the Republican Party, so I say bring it on. We could all use a good laugh.
Kottkamp's record is just an internet search away. He's known for many sociopathic behaviors, but perhaps he is best known for abusing the use of taxpayer dollars and Republican Party resources to the benefit of both himself and his family, but he has done SO much more. Gov. Crist despises him for ... well, Kottkamp knows why ;)
Oh, Jeff, I'm thinking it's time you focus on healing yourself and your relationships with your family and God. Shed the hate. It's killing you and your reputation (what's left of it).
From the Democrat:
The fire that destroyed the Tallahassee home of ex-Gov. Charlie Crist’s former communications director was sparked by an arsonist who sprinkled fuel through several rooms, but there is no evidence to arrest anyone in the case, state investigators concluded on Wednesday.
“It is believed that an unknown person(s) entered into the structure and poured
splashed an ignitable liquid throughout the residence and ignited the vapors with an open flame,” said the report by Brock Dietz of the Fire Marshal’s Office. “Only a Dell laptop computer was reported missing from the residence. At this time, no further leads exist for the development or filing of any criminal charges. I request that this case be closed pending the receipt of additional information.”
The investigation report said the couple denied any knowledge of how the fire could have happened and consented to a computerized “voice stress analysis” examination three days after the blaze.
The report said Matthew Isaac passed the test but that Erin Isaac “did not respond truthfully to the relevant question, ‘Did you conspire with someone to have your house set on fire? The subject responded ‘No.’ ”
Hmmmm. Everyone knows that Erin and her husband were in deep financial trouble because they were trying to flip houses. Wonder what the jail term is for arson?
Texas has used the federal stimulus money to create or save jobs while Perry rails against it. Perry has his own state fund to "bribe"companies to move to Texas. A lot of that money goes to his campaign donors.
The Texas unemployment rate is 8.4%, only 27th of the 50 states. North Dakota is tops with just 3.3% unemployment so the governor of North Dakota would make a better candidate if jobs is the biggest issue.
http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/05/t...
Wanna try again?
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Many private sector jobs in Texas were the result of a rapid population increase. That cannot be duplicated in all states.
Perry also spent hundreds of millions to lure companies to Texas from other states. That doesn't work on a national level.
The following chart says private-sector jobs in Texas from 2007-2010 declined by 178,000 while public-sector jobs increased by 125,000 for a net loss of 53,000 jobs.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/chart-of-the-day-government-j...
Also, if you can convince the Swedish Skeptic's Society, you ought to seriously consider this legitimate: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3144827.ece
On the other hand, if you fall into either of the three categories above, just pretend it is Fox News, and ditto it into your head without question.
The economy of Texas has NOT taken off. Texas has one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation. The schools of Texas have continued their slide toward the bottom.
Here is from an assessment of Perry's job creation in Texas :Analysts credit a number of powerful economic factors as contributing to Texas' economic success. Among them: Rising oil and natural gas prices benefited resource-rich Texas; an infusion of Pentagon dollars into the state's large array of military installations and defense plants; booming trade from its Gulf ports to Mexico and China; the growth of public-sector jobs; a population boom;
So of the "factors" to explain job growth, two contain money from the Federal Government, one is due to the large number of Hispanics in Texas and the last is because of outsourcing to China. Really sounds like the Republican method of 'spend and lie about it."
I think Mr. Kottkamp would be hard pressed to state how Mr. Perry would bring more Large military posts to the US. How he wuold get more Government Defense Spending for the US. how he would get the US to do more processing of Chinese goods, or how he would expand oil and gas mining across the US. Would Gov. Perry have the government hire a large number of people, THE WAY HE DID IN TEXAS??
Look at Texas, in spite of its rich natural resources and size and preferred location, Texas is a net CONSUMER of Federal Tax dollar and without such money would be a third world country.
On to pof all of this, he is getting his minions, like Mr. Kottkamp, to be deceptive about Texas' and his record.
Another GWB. Are we really this stupid?
Clever, back-handed and, yes, racist remark.
You're a fool. Blaming President Obama and the Democrats for failed Republican policies isn't fooling anyone but yourself. Go ahead and keep pushing for reduced spending, deregulation, lower taxes ... all Republican policies that got us into the mess we're in today.
This is the simple truth. Your ilk has forced all of us to live with it. It's about time that you learn to do the same.
Perry doesn't stand a chance. Not a chance.
The one who needs to grow up is you.
And Mr. Doc... your posts make you sound like you have some anger/hate issues. Perhaps you should get some help with that. It will make you a nicer person.
As if he shouldn't get credit for bin Laden's death? Why can't you just admit that Obama did what his two successors couldn't get done: get rid of Osama bin Laden. Perhaps you'll say that Bush somehow deserves more credit, even though he said later in his presidency after 9/11 that finding bin Laden wasn't a priority.
Texas has a lot of poverty and school dropout issues that other states don't have. It also has a MILLION illegal Mexicans that other states don't have, plus about 6 million spanish-speaking legal Mexicans, with a dropout rate of over 25%. Just a data point.
Did he kill him? Absolutely not. But arguing that he just "HAPPENED" to be president is like saying Bill Gates just happened to be CEO when they invented Windows.