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"Texas Gov. Rick Perry brags of his state leading the nation in job creation, a boast he hopes will land him in the White House. But do the numbers back him up? In a word: yes. Perry’s campaign to position Texas as the solution to America’s employment woes takes on special meaning in Florida, since the Sunshine State holds a top spot in the job-creation derby, too. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who ran on a promise of 700,000 new jobs, made the point repeatedly in a session with Herald writers that only Texas is doing better than Florida when it comes to jobs."
Want to see how your state is doing? They are listed in performance rank order and the methodology is in the article:
Numbers confirm: Texas is leading the way on hiring. Florida lands the No. 2 slot - The Economic Time Machine - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/14/2359614/numbers-confirm-texas-is-leading.html - broken link)
Texas #1 in highest percentage of people earning MINIMUM WAGE with an 8.2% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. Nice statistics to brag about! A $27 billion short-fall, paid by 50,000 teachers and drastic cuts in healthcare, so his oil buddies can keep their record profits.
I really get tired of seeing statistics like this. They look at states as if they are all exactly the same time.
I mean, take California as an example. According to the numbers, California has created 10% of the jobs in 2011. Wyoming has only created .5% of the jobs in 2011. But if you compare by population, California's 86,650 jobs created is only a .23% job creation rate vs its population. Wyoming's 4,050 jobs represents a .75% job creation rate vs its population.
In that sense, Wyoming is doing three times better at creating jobs than California. If you actually look at Texas in 2011, its 114,750 jobs created is only a .46% job creation rate vs its population, which is crap compared even to its neighbor to the north Oklahoma. Whose 26,700 jobs created is about a .73% increase in jobs in the state this year alone. For 2011, Massachusetts actually has a higher job growth rate than Texas, with a .537% increase. And if you look at North Dakota, its job increases are a full 1.26% increase, which is almost three times the rate of Texes year.
Even if you pull the numbers for both 2010 and 2011. Texas added about 1.42% jobs relative to its population. North Dakota is up 3.7% jobs relative to their population since 2010.
As for Rick Perry. He talked about secession, and now he is running for president. Do you find that to be odd? I don't. As long as he is wanting to return this nation into the constitutional republic that it began, I am all for it. But more likely than not, he will continue the warmongering social conservative agenda, and will probably have very little respect for the states' rights that he championed during his talks of secession.
Good to see that California is #2 in the number of jobs created. I'll be sure to refer to that graph whenever I see right-wingers on this forum bashing California.
Texas #1 in highest percentage of people earning MINIMUM WAGE with an 8.2% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. Nice statistics to brag about! A $27 billion short-fall, paid by 50,000 teachers and drastic cuts in healthcare, so his oil buddies can keep their record profits.
Side note - if you are going to complain about minimum wage jobs - then complain when Obama touts job increases on the back of McDonald's hiring 50,000 people earlier this year.
Texas is a jobs powerhouse because of NAFTA. There are a lot of warehouses storing all those goods made in that industrial powerhouse called Mexico in Texas! Also their are a lot of wonderful jobs moving boxes from Mexican trucks to American trucks in places like El Paso or Brownsville. What a country.
Is that the reason Rick Perry entertained the idea of Texas seceding from the United States?
How many times now have you posted this stupid statement about seceding? It was meant tongue in cheek, only is being brought up by the true Perry haters and he never entertained the idea. Go back and read what he said...
Redshadow, he didn't talk about seceding: he simply said, when Texas joined the union they kept the right to sucede if they wanted and they still could. He wasn't seriously thinking of doing it. Only someone who has an axe to grind would even bring this up.
I really get tired of seeing statistics like this. They look at states as if they are all exactly the same time.
I mean, take California as an example. According to the numbers, California has created 10% of the jobs in 2011. Wyoming has only created .5% of the jobs in 2011. But if you compare by population, California's 86,650 jobs created is only a .23% job creation rate vs its population. Wyoming's 4,050 jobs represents a .75% job creation rate vs its population.
In that sense, Wyoming is doing three times better at creating jobs than California. If you actually look at Texas in 2011, its 114,750 jobs created is only a .46% job creation rate vs its population, which is crap compared even to its neighbor to the north Oklahoma. Whose 26,700 jobs created is about a .73% increase in jobs in the state this year alone. For 2011, Massachusetts actually has a higher job growth rate than Texas, with a .537% increase. And if you look at North Dakota, its job increases are a full 1.26% increase, which is almost three times the rate of Texes year.
Even if you pull the numbers for both 2010 and 2011. Texas added about 1.42% jobs relative to its population. North Dakota is up 3.7% jobs relative to their population since 2010.
As for Rick Perry. He talked about secession, and now he is running for president. Do you find that to be odd? I don't. As long as he is wanting to return this nation into the constitutional republic that it began, I am all for it. But more likely than not, he will continue the warmongering social conservative agenda, and will probably have very little respect for the states' rights that he championed during his talks of secession.
Good post. Looking at total jobs added without controlling for population is just dumb.
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry brags of his state leading the nation in job creation, a boast he hopes will land him in the White House. But do the numbers back him up? In a word: yes. Perry’s campaign to position Texas as the solution to America’s employment woes takes on special meaning in Florida, since the Sunshine State holds a top spot in the job-creation derby, too. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who ran on a promise of 700,000 new jobs, made the point repeatedly in a session with Herald writers that only Texas is doing better than Florida when it comes to jobs."
Want to see how your state is doing? They are listed in performance rank order and the methodology is in the article:
Numbers confirm: Texas is leading the way on hiring. Florida lands the No. 2 slot - The Economic Time Machine - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/14/2359614/numbers-confirm-texas-is-leading.html - broken link)
Oh my...you mean those GOP governors are actually righting the mess made when the dems were in control?
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