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I do think Perry could beat Obama. He has a simple-mindedness that appeals to many millions of Americans - the same folks who brought us George W. Bush.
Rather than focusing on jobs, I expect he'll spend a good amount of time pushing for a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell, restricting abortion access, and pandering to religious conservatives and gun owners - the usual GOP agenda.
I do think Perry could beat Obama. He has a simple-mindedness that appeals to many millions of Americans - the same folks who brought us George W. Bush.
Rather than focusing on jobs, I expect he'll spend a good amount of time pushing for a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell, restricting abortion access, and pandering to religious conservatives and gun owners - the usual GOP agenda.
Some liberals go to Austin, but I'm not sure people fleeing to Texas are mostly liberal, I can imagine many are conservative and independent.I don't see why liberals wouldn't stay in California, it's their paradise after all.
I do think Perry could beat Obama. He has a simple-mindedness that appeals to many millions of Americans - the same folks who brought us George W. Bush.
Rather than focusing on jobs, I expect he'll spend a good amount of time pushing for a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell, restricting abortion access, and pandering to religious conservatives and gun owners - the usual GOP agenda.
I do think Perry could beat Obama. He has a simple-mindedness that appeals to many millions of Americans - the same folks who brought us George W. Bush.
Rather than focusing on jobs, I expect he'll spend a good amount of time pushing for a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell, restricting abortion access, and pandering to religious conservatives and gun owners - the usual GOP agenda.
Sounds about right... run on bashing gays, and then once you are elected rule by slashing taxes for the rich and services to the poor... maybe start a war or two.
Oh yeah. His state is creating 50% of the jobs in the US right now. He has a budget surplus and businesses are flocking to his state, fleeing from liberal tax, spend and regulatory nightmare states.
Some loser.
You will fall for anyone who runs their mouth and claims they are conservative. Perry is a big hypocrite who railed against the stimulus but had his hand out. Why do you think Texas has a budget surplus?
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Gov. Rick Perry used federal stimulus money to pay 97 percent of Texas's budget shortfall in fiscal 2010--which is funny, because Perry spent a lot of time talking about just how terrible the stimulus was. In fact, Texas was the state that relied most heavily on stimulus funds, CNN's Tami Luhby reports.
"Even as Perry requested the Recovery Act money, he railed against it," Luhby writes. "On the very same day he asked for the funds, he set up a petition titled 'No Government Bailouts.'" It called on Americans to express their anger at irresponsible spending.
There you have it Sanrene, when 97% of your budget was payed for with stimulus money how can one brag about a surplus.
Oh yeah. His state is creating 50% of the jobs in the US right now. He has a budget surplus and businesses are flocking to his state, fleeing from liberal tax, spend and regulatory nightmare states.
Some loser.
Actually the State of Texas has about a 25 to 27 billion dollar deficit.
We used the $27 billion figure, which the always perspicuous Glenn Hunter challenged in the comments. Yesterday the News‘ Robert Garrett used the $15 billion number. Today the News’ Christy Hoppe uses the $27 billion number.
So which is right? Short answer: both. Here’s how Senator John Carona explains it:
The $15 billion shortfall number is calculated by subtracting the Comptroller’s available general revenue estimate of $72.2 billion for the 2012-13 biennial budget from the $87 billion 2010-11 biennial budget adopted in 2009. The higher shortfall numbers are calculated by factoring in anticipated increases in program costs associated with growth in population and the cost of goods and services. For example, there are estimated to be 80,000 new students in the public school system that the budget from last session does not take into account.
In Garrett’s piece, whose information seems to have come from the always What?-Me-No-Worry office of the governor and from State Rep. Talmage Heflin, only the revenue portion of the budget seems to be considered. Heflin dismisses the $27 billion, which was calculated by the liberal Center for Public Policy Priorities. (You can see their calculation here.) Heflin backtracked on that when called by Politifact, which analyzed the Center’s analysis and decided that Heflin’s dismissal was factually “false.” Its summary is useful.
The reason is that the Comptroller only estimates revenue. She cannot estimate what the Legislature will spend. (And she is probably a little gunshy on the revenue, since she overestimated by $4.2 billion for the current budget; her $15 billion shortfall may only be $13 billion.)
The problem on the expense side is growth. One example, as cited by Senator Carona, is the increase in schoolchildren. Texas grew at roughly 2 percent a year during the last decade. Using the same rate of growth, we will have added some added some 2,300,000 new Texans by 2013. That’s more people requiring state services like the DMV, etc. Cut state agencies by 7 percent, as the governor has done, and you’ve effectively cut by 14 percent because not only are you serving few people but you’re also not serving all the new people either. In other words, Texas is far from keeping up with its growth.
Maybe that’s the way it should be done. But the Legislature will have to make those choices, not only only in current spending but in future spending to handle the new influx.
So, to recap: The revenue shortfall is probably $13 billion. However, the amount the Legislature will have to cut, rejiggle, fix, and raise revenue for is closer to $25 billion.
What makes you think liberal Californians are running to Texas?
Stats from US Census Bureau, the last 3 years 150,000 Californians flee to Texas
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