I read yesterday that in the 10 years he has been governor (during two recesions mind you) Texas has created more jobs that the other 49 states combined.
that seems pretty good right?
I read yesterday that in the 10 years he has been governor (during two recesions mind you) Texas has created more jobs that the other 49 states combined.
that seems pretty good right?
A lot of things "seem" good on paper.
But were those jobs mostly minimum-wage jobs, temporary jobs or just jobs he attracted from other states like that game company?
Because a president needs to do more than just shift jobs from one state to another or create short-term employment. There has to be a bottom-up growth that creates economic activity and consumer needs that create demand and therefore commerce which stimulates the economy into growth and recovery.
If Texas wants to create growth and by doing so new jobs are formed and some jobs leave other states that's cool.
On the federal level, if the US wants to create growth and some jobs leave other coutnries that too is cool.
Get it?
Jobs leaving other countries like all the jobs that Republicans have fought tooth and nail to send to other countries like all the call center jobs, manufacturing and development?
You really think he's got any intention or ability to reverse that?
Look... those jobs are gone. They're not coming back. We need to figure out where to go from here. And I don't think for a second that Perry is a guy who could do that. Please, he can't even go jogging without a machine gun and for some reason, a puppy.
Many of the jobs created are from trading with Latin America. That's cool right?
Today from Reuters...
CONSERVATIVE, WITH AN ECONOMIC RECORD
A vehement critic of federal power and a strong opponent of abortion rights and gay marriage, Perry has the sort of credibility with social and Tea Party conservatives that often eludes Romney, a former governor of liberal Massachusetts.
And his executive experience in conservative Texas, which has seen sharp job growth during his tenure, gives him economic talking points and an appeal to the pro-business party base that Bachmann and others cannot match.
I read yesterday that in the 10 years he has been governor (during two recesions mind you) Texas has created more jobs that the other 49 states combined.
that seems pretty good right?
Texas has created more jobs than all 49 states combined in his 10 years?!?!? That seems a little high. Any sources for this info?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama's speech on the debt ceiling debate as condescending on Tuesday, saying he heard the president tell Americans they "just wouldn't understand" the issue.
"Mr. President, Americans are paying attention, and they do know what they're talking about, and they do realize that what you want to do is raise taxes, spend more, put America further in debt," Perry said. "And that's not what they want to do."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama's speech on the debt ceiling debate as condescending on Tuesday, saying he heard the president tell Americans they "just wouldn't understand" the issue.
"Mr. President, Americans are paying attention, and they do know what they're talking about, and they do realize that what you want to do is raise taxes, spend more, put America further in debt," Perry said. "And that's not what they want to do."
and boehner walked away from a deal that would do none of those things... the gop does not know how to say yes when they have won.
he listened to cantor instead of the american people, and even those in his own party...boehner is now set to lose his speaker position after all of this.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Texas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama's speech on the debt ceiling debate as condescending on Tuesday, saying he heard the president tell Americans they "just wouldn't understand" the issue.
I'd like to see that comment in it's full context.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama's speech on the debt ceiling debate as condescending on Tuesday, saying he heard the president tell Americans they "just wouldn't understand" the issue.
I'd like to see that comment in it's full context.
well tbh im having real trouble understanding* how a government can be in debt up to their unborn grandchildrens eyeballs. last time i looked the US was a trillion dollars in debt. and now....
im shit with money but i got nothing on the US govt(and other govts probably).
* i know how it happens i just dont get it... if you know what i mean.
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hold my hand
lie beside me
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So are you ready to talk about how Rick Perry is supporting an abstinance-only sex education program which has lead to a 50% increase in teen pregnancy PLUS a huge boost in REPEAT teen pregnancy plus a massive jump in STDs among youth and when asked about it he essentially shrugged and said "well abstinence worked for me?"
On education he has appointed creationists to lead the Texas State Board of Education. And on the issue of sex ed in Texas, Perry has taken governing positions that affect millions of children based on his own personal opinions, even when those opinions are overwhelmingly contradicted by the evidence.
Texas lawmakers cut sex ed from two six-month courses to a single unit of "abstinence only" education. But early indications showed that the program wasn't working. In fact, teens in almost all high school grades were having more sex after undergoing the abstinence only program. By 2007, Texas had the highest teen birth rate in the nation.
Instead of providing fact-based information, the programs use fear and Jesus -- over-emphasizing the risks of sexually transmitted diseases leading to cervical cancer, radical hysterectomy and death, together with Christian morality.
One Texas public school district's sex ed handout is entitled "Things to Look for in a Mate:"
I. How they relate to God
A. Is Jesus their first love?
B. Trying to impress people or serve God?
I asked you about this in that other thread I started and you made some comment about Al Gore and ignored the rest. I guess you missed it... So let's talk about it here. I guess this is the Rick Perry love-a-thon thread. And he sure does seem to support teen sex.
I read yesterday that in the 10 years he has been governor (during two recesions mind you) Texas has created more jobs that the other 49 states combined.
that seems pretty good right?
2 recessions that can largely be attributed to a FORMER Governor of Texas. Kudos!!
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
"Mr. Perry, Texans are paying attention, and they do know what they're talking about, and they do realize that what you want to do is gut taxes, spend more, and put Texas further in debt," Perry said. "And that's not what they want to do."
Perry talking to himsef in the mirror. It was his liberal side coming back out.
How is it a good thing that spending in Texas has increased, all these tax paying jobs have been created and this state is still in debt?
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
On education he has appointed creationists to lead the Texas State Board of Education. And on the issue of sex ed in Texas, Perry has taken governing positions that affect millions of children based on his own personal opinions, even when those opinions are overwhelmingly contradicted by the evidence.
Texas lawmakers cut sex ed from two six-month courses to a single unit of "abstinence only" education. But early indications showed that the program wasn't working. In fact, teens in almost all high school grades were having more sex after undergoing the abstinence only program. By 2007, Texas had the highest teen birth rate in the nation.
Instead of providing fact-based information, the programs use fear and Jesus -- over-emphasizing the risks of sexually transmitted diseases leading to cervical cancer, radical hysterectomy and death, together with Christian morality.
One Texas public school district's sex ed handout is entitled "Things to Look for in a Mate:"
I. How they relate to God
A. Is Jesus their first love?
B. Trying to impress people or serve God?
I asked you about this in that other thread I started and you made some comment about Al Gore and ignored the rest. I guess you missed it... So let's talk about it here. I guess this is the Rick Perry love-a-thon thread. And he sure does seem to support teen sex.
Guess mrs perry doesn't put out.
sex and God.. that's where most of your post's end up going would you be happier if Perry was gay and didn't believe in God ? "Guess mrs perry doesn't put out.[/quote]" brilliant..... :?
Signs 'loser pays' into law
Perry was in Houston on Wednesday for the ceremonial signing of tort reform legislation dubbed "loser pays." Designated by the governor as one of his "emergency items" during the recently concluded legislative session, and designed in part to underscore the conservative bona fides of a potential presidential candidate, the law would require plaintiffs to pay the legal fees if they lose and allow lawsuits without merit to be dismissed early in the legal process. The measure, which goes into effect Sept. 1, also creates expedited civil actions for cases of less than $100,000.
:thumbup:
With GOP on debt ceiling
"I truly believe that for the future of America, for our state to be more competitive, the idea that the federal government is telling us how to deliver health care, the idea that Washington, D.C., knows best how to educate our children or — for that matter - how to take care of the air in Houston, Texas, which our kids breathe, that's our business," Perry declared.
Noting the continuing impasse in Washington over raising the debt ceiling, he said that "this threat that somehow or other the world is going to come to an end and the threat that we're not going to be able to pay our bills is a bit of a stretch."
usamamasan1, you might want to read this while you're drinking your Rick Perry Kool-Aid:
Economists say Gov. Perry doesn't get credit for all of Texas' good fortune
Posted Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011
By Paul J. Weber
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO -- In Vernon, Calif., billboards and radio ads bought by the city in suburban Los Angeles portray Gov. Rick Perry as some kind of unstoppable, job-lassoing marauder -- an image Perry himself would no doubt embrace if he decided to run for president.
"This just in," begin the radio spots, which started airing in June. "Texas Gov. Rick Perry is urging Vernon's 1,800 employers to move their 55,000-plus jobs from California to Texas." Beneath the voiceover, an emergency siren wails.
When it comes to attracting jobs, are Perry and Texas really such a force to be reckoned with?
That question is stirring discussion around the country these days, especially in political circles, as Perry ponders whether to run for president in an election that will be focused on jobs and the economy. During a decade that included a national recession, Texas added a million jobs, more than almost every other state combined.
Perry talks about his state's jobs record everywhere he goes. He even mentions it where he doesn't go -- like Vernon, where the city's businesses received letters from Perry urging an exodus to Texas, which Perry called, "America's new land of opportunity."
But the story behind the big Texas numbers is more complicated than the triumph of one state's conservative economic strategy of low taxes and minimal regulation, according to conservative, liberal and nonpartisan experts.
Rather, the surge reflects a combination of luck, location and a low cost of living, only some of which any politician can claim credit for. How much stems from a business-friendly environment or Perry specifically is debated by economists.
"In politics, economic development and bird hunting, the rule 'Shoot anything that flies, claim anything that falls' seems to apply," said Terry Clower, director of the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas.
Also, the picture isn't entirely rosy. Many of Texas' new jobs are low-paying. The state shares the nation's highest proportion of minimum-wage workers. And not everyone is employed. The unemployment rate, at 8.2 percent last month, was higher than more than two dozen other states.
But Texas still has plenty to brag about. Since June 2009, when the recession ended, Texas has had 45 percent of the nation's job growth, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
According to employment data, a major source of the state's new jobs has been its perennial economic mainstay, oil and gas. Oil prices that surged past $145 a barrel in 2008 and the gas drilling boom in North Texas' Barnett Shale have propped up the Texas economy, said Mine Yucel, vice president of the Dallas Fed. Texas oil and gas employment grew by nearly 60 percent since January 2001. According to the Houston Chronicle, the Lone Star State employed 224,200 workers in exploration and production in June -- more than the 223,200 at the height of the last energy boom in October 2008 and nearly 15 percent more than in June 2010, said Karr Ingham, a Midland economist who created and maintains the Texas Petro Index.
But rich natural resources and price spikes don't say much about the wisdom of a state's governing philosophy. Nor does proximity to an international border and the Gulf of Mexico, with their trade and tourism benefits. Of Texas' good fortune, said Yucel, "Some of it is God-given."
Over the last decade, comparatively cheap housing and a low cost of living also helped to make Texas among the nation's fastest-growing states, with the population jumping 20.6 percent to 25 million. About 1 in 5 new residents moved from other states, while about 25 percent were immigrants. Meanwhile, jobs in healthcare, government, and leisure and hospitality grew steadily, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That influx is where Perry and his supporters cite the impact of Texas' low-tax, low-regulation policies.
"This isn't rocket science," Perry said this month while announcing that video game maker Electronic Arts was bringing more than 300 jobs to Austin. "You keep taxes relatively low, you have a regulatory climate that's fair and predictable, a legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing and you have institutions of higher learning ... who allow for these innovative programs to be developed because of the curriculum that they put in the schools."
Texas' standing as one of only seven states with no personal income tax is a well-known attraction. The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank with close ties to Perry, puts the state's overall tax burden at 8.4 percent, compared to 9.7 percent nationally.
Texas has one of the nation's most aggressive business recruitment funds. The Texas Enterprise Fund, created by Perry, has given businesses more than $435 million in grants and financial incentives since 2003, according to Perry's office, which claims credit for 58,000 new jobs. Whether the funds went to companies that actually made decisions for other reasons is much debated among economists.
"Lots of states try to argue these are incentives, these are changing the game for a lot of companies. We don't find much evidence in that," said Thomas Cafcas, a researcher at the Washington-based nonprofit Good Jobs First.
Associated Press writer April Castro contributed to this report, which includes material from the Houston Chronicle.
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Perry just brings that out in people.
Just be sure to resign from the governorship first!
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
that seems pretty good right?
A lot of things "seem" good on paper.
But were those jobs mostly minimum-wage jobs, temporary jobs or just jobs he attracted from other states like that game company?
Because a president needs to do more than just shift jobs from one state to another or create short-term employment. There has to be a bottom-up growth that creates economic activity and consumer needs that create demand and therefore commerce which stimulates the economy into growth and recovery.
But you don't "seem" to want to address that.
On the federal level, if the US wants to create growth and some jobs leave other coutnries that too is cool.
Get it?
Jobs leaving other countries like all the jobs that Republicans have fought tooth and nail to send to other countries like all the call center jobs, manufacturing and development?
You really think he's got any intention or ability to reverse that?
Look... those jobs are gone. They're not coming back. We need to figure out where to go from here. And I don't think for a second that Perry is a guy who could do that. Please, he can't even go jogging without a machine gun and for some reason, a puppy.
Today from Reuters...
CONSERVATIVE, WITH AN ECONOMIC RECORD
A vehement critic of federal power and a strong opponent of abortion rights and gay marriage, Perry has the sort of credibility with social and Tea Party conservatives that often eludes Romney, a former governor of liberal Massachusetts.
And his executive experience in conservative Texas, which has seen sharp job growth during his tenure, gives him economic talking points and an appeal to the pro-business party base that Bachmann and others cannot match.
Texas has created more jobs than all 49 states combined in his 10 years?!?!? That seems a little high. Any sources for this info?
My vote is going to the one that will end these wars, Ron Paul.
Or maybe he's just another typical politician that changes his mind/votes/views/stances based on what's best for his career at any given time.
"With our thoughts we make the world"
Apparently Republicans are more grown up than Democrats...or something.
Sounds like another John McCain to me. Once again no thanks.
Didn't the conservatards rip John Kerry to pieces for that exact thing?
"Mr. President, Americans are paying attention, and they do know what they're talking about, and they do realize that what you want to do is raise taxes, spend more, put America further in debt," Perry said. "And that's not what they want to do."
he listened to cantor instead of the american people, and even those in his own party...boehner is now set to lose his speaker position after all of this.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I'd like to see that comment in it's full context.
well tbh im having real trouble understanding* how a government can be in debt up to their unborn grandchildrens eyeballs. last time i looked the US was a trillion dollars in debt. and now....
im shit with money but i got nothing on the US govt(and other govts probably).
* i know how it happens i just dont get it... if you know what i mean.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Cuz that's Christine O'Donnell stupid.
Texas lawmakers cut sex ed from two six-month courses to a single unit of "abstinence only" education. But early indications showed that the program wasn't working. In fact, teens in almost all high school grades were having more sex after undergoing the abstinence only program. By 2007, Texas had the highest teen birth rate in the nation.
Instead of providing fact-based information, the programs use fear and Jesus -- over-emphasizing the risks of sexually transmitted diseases leading to cervical cancer, radical hysterectomy and death, together with Christian morality.
One Texas public school district's sex ed handout is entitled "Things to Look for in a Mate:"
I. How they relate to God
A. Is Jesus their first love?
B. Trying to impress people or serve God?
I asked you about this in that other thread I started and you made some comment about Al Gore and ignored the rest. I guess you missed it... So let's talk about it here. I guess this is the Rick Perry love-a-thon thread. And he sure does seem to support teen sex.
Guess mrs perry doesn't put out.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
How is it a good thing that spending in Texas has increased, all these tax paying jobs have been created and this state is still in debt?
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
sex and God.. that's where most of your post's end up going would you be happier if Perry was gay and didn't believe in God ? "Guess mrs perry doesn't put out.[/quote]" brilliant..... :?
Godfather.
I mean, there would be fewer teen mothers with two kids... so yeah.. that would make me happy.
Perry was in Houston on Wednesday for the ceremonial signing of tort reform legislation dubbed "loser pays." Designated by the governor as one of his "emergency items" during the recently concluded legislative session, and designed in part to underscore the conservative bona fides of a potential presidential candidate, the law would require plaintiffs to pay the legal fees if they lose and allow lawsuits without merit to be dismissed early in the legal process. The measure, which goes into effect Sept. 1, also creates expedited civil actions for cases of less than $100,000.
:thumbup:
With GOP on debt ceiling
"I truly believe that for the future of America, for our state to be more competitive, the idea that the federal government is telling us how to deliver health care, the idea that Washington, D.C., knows best how to educate our children or — for that matter - how to take care of the air in Houston, Texas, which our kids breathe, that's our business," Perry declared.
Noting the continuing impasse in Washington over raising the debt ceiling, he said that "this threat that somehow or other the world is going to come to an end and the threat that we're not going to be able to pay our bills is a bit of a stretch."