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Update, Sept. 21 – The Houston Chronicle endorses Bill White for Governor: "Texas faces an unprecedented budget deficit estimated at $21 billion, faltering health care and public education systems, and demands for new energy sources and transportation funding. For nearly a decade, Rick Perry — the longest-serving governor in Lone Star history — has been at the helm of an increasingly wayward ship. Texas can't afford four more years of Perry's leadership.
The governor has shown a distaste for dealing with budget details, fobbing them off on the Legislature and even suggesting in a recent news conference that Comptroller Susan Combs had better uses of her time than issuing deficit projections."
Texas' unemployment rate has edged up to 8.3%, the poverty rate last year climbed to 11% with 4.3 million Texans now living in poverty, and the state faces a projected budget deficit of at least $18 billion. See the stories in the Dallas Morning News online edition: Unemployment, Poverty Rate, Deficit.A report from Texas Watchdog says, "A study of 50 companies awarded $368 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund showed that 33, or two-thirds of them, failed to create the jobs they promised in 2009."
A story from the Sydney Morning Herald says Texas-based Dell computer maker plans to spend $100 million in ten years to expand its operations in China and hire 500 workers.
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"A study of 50 companies awarded $368 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund showed that 33, or two-thirds of them, failed to create the jobs they promised in 2009."
CORPORATE WELFARE or just friends of the Governor?
There is much more that is "bad" and "evil" about Gov. Rick Perry.
Read "Perry's Bogus Promises" at:
http://theuniverseatyourfeet.blogspot.com/2010/09/perrys-bogus-promises.html
Read why voters need to send Perry packing:
http://theuniverseatyourfeet.blogspot.com/2010/09/texas-governor-rick-perry-needs-to-pack.html
Read how Perry and legislators have forced sky-high insurance costs on Texas homeowners:
http://theuniverseatyourfeet.blogspot.com/2010/09/texas-governor-rick-perry-and-his.html
These are just a few of the many improprieties and special interest leanings of Rick Perry.
While I hate to make comparisons, this is a recession right? If this were any other period of time when the economy was strong, then the 11% poverty and 8% unemployment would be scandalous.
Are we going to fire Obama for the same reasons? Did the stimulus packages produce as many jobs as Obama promised they would? Didn't he say (or his people) that unemployment wouldn't get any past 8 or 9%?
Goofy as it might sound, these numbers aren't bad considering the context of the present economy. Rather, compare us with other states - California, New York, Florida, Michigan. How are they faring? Not too well; and if I am not mistaken, we are still growing and three of the five (including Texas) are still growing. Something must be working here.
Touché DS Repub. At least you've got the guts to admit to Perry's lackluster performance. But please let's remember who put the country in the tank in the first place: George W. and Dick Cheney.
Obama, in less than two years, can not possibly be expected to clean up their monumental economic screw ups--a trillion dollars added to the deficit and a near total collapse of the country's and the world's banking and financial systems.
That "something" you mention that "must be working" is Obama's (supported by many Republicans) stimulus package.
Perry has been in office 10 years, a decade of failure after failure after failure, abandonment of our public school system, abandonment of the middle class in favor of his wealthy special interests, king of the toll roads, sky high fee increases (same as taxes) for everything from hunting licenses to vehicle registration to insurance to college, not to mention a new business franchise tax and increasing workman's comp taxes.
We are all worse off, not better off, after ten years of this miserable governor and the GOP controlled Legislature. They've taken "tax and starve the middle class"to a new level! Perry has been a snake oil governor from the word go. I pray for justice for all the people he has screwed.
Unfortunately for all of us caught in the middle, Perry and his mindless supporters have become the Texas embodiment of that famous joke Claytie Williams once told, "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it".
Oh, I get it. The economy is bad so Perry is at fault, but not OBAMA? You Dems just can’t stand it that Perry will be back for 4 more years because you keep picking out-of-step liberals for candidates. As soon as you come to your senses and not let the leftists dominate the Democrat Party in Texas you might have a chance. A moderate Democrat could beat Perry but White, even with his soft-spoken voice, will not. His record as Houston Mayor is enough to lose him the election.
Democrats or Republicans could have beaten Perry with a middle of the road candidate, but neither party plays it smart.
You are correct Anonymous who points this out. I believe Perry will win again because no party provides a viable choice to Perry.
Comparing Texas under Perry to Michigan and other states is folly. Each state has its own economic realities. Michigan is tied so much to the auto industry that its misfortunes are exacerbated by the trouble of that sector.
Texas has a more diversified economy - which has failed to stay above the recessionary fray - under the ultra conservative Republican Governor version of Hugo Chavez.
The problem is no one will be able to turn around this permanent quasi-recession economy our nation is in until we stop sending jobs overseas in search of cheap labor and we quit trying to blame Mexicans for our unemployment and our budget deficits.
The truth is America is at the beginning stages of a failing empire as we now have to compete with free markets focused China, Russia, India and Brazil. As a result, our corporation controlled wages cannot keep up with inflationary commodity prices caused by the international competition.
China is taking over Africa for its natural resources needs. Russia plans to hold Europe hostage for its energy. Brazil and the other leftist nationalist governments in South America are rightly refusing to continue allowing America to use them as our "banana republic" farms.
So, as a desperate last resort, we are forced to invade weak Middle Eastern countries to try and keep our cheap oil flowing.
We are a failing empire, and nothing, not even re-electing dinosaur republicans AGAIN - or Tea Party idiots - or corporate liberals - will save us from our future economic mediocrity.
Get used to it, people.
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