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Texas Business Groups Ally to Counter Tea Party Influence in GOP Primaries
The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 4, 2014 | Christy Hoppe

Posted on 01/05/2014 5:55:30 PM PST by JeepersFreepers

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To: cripplecreek
Look at the economic development fund. Every state has one and every one gives taxpayer money to private business.

Yep, it's cronyism on steroids.

21 posted on 01/05/2014 6:27:35 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Viennacon

And what’s the bet that union money is behind some of this as well. We’re onto you Karl Rove!


Yep...unions are active in the Amnesty push...and have worked with multi nat corps for years on issues like Free Trade and Socialized Medicine.


22 posted on 01/05/2014 6:27:48 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: Army Air Corps
Wanna bet that Rove has his paws in there somewhere?

Count on it.

23 posted on 01/05/2014 6:28:51 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

They are coming for us. They are our biggest enemy. Well ya know what? It ain’t gonna work.


24 posted on 01/05/2014 6:30:15 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, I see; Texas isn’t any different than Democrat dominated states!


25 posted on 01/05/2014 6:31:18 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Well, it is only a Democracy - or Republic as it really is when both the people and the business institutions are working together. When business and government get into business together, well - maybe the end is near.

Of course if most of the people rise up in disagreement against both business and government, well, revolution is possible.


26 posted on 01/05/2014 6:31:46 PM PST by Deagle (ues)
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To: servantboy777

Sadly, I think you are correct. I will fight. We will get a victory here and there. But no one is on our side. Our Republic is dead.


27 posted on 01/05/2014 6:32:09 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: JeepersFreepers

We lowered their taxes and suddenly big governement is more of a scource of income then a tax burden. It didn’t work out the way we thought it would.


28 posted on 01/05/2014 6:34:23 PM PST by amnestynone (Lindsey Graham is feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing Corksucker.)
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To: TADSLOS

I can’t remember what its called in Texas but if I recall its acronym was “TEC”. Lots of money and tax breaks in return for promises of jobs to be created followed by lots of broken promises.

Its the same with the MEDC here in Michigan.


29 posted on 01/05/2014 6:34:45 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Privatize the profits, socialize the costs.


30 posted on 01/05/2014 6:36:38 PM PST by txhurl
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To: SatinDoll

Florida is Democrat dominated? I was just saying that ALL 57 states rely on illegal aliens in agriculture and construction. You live in the USA, don’t you?


31 posted on 01/05/2014 6:38:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
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To: sten
corporations want bigger govt and higher taxes??

yea, that makes sense

It makes sense if it is higher taxes on others and bigger government to crush competition and provide big government contracts. Would Wal-Mart use government to crush the dollar stores nibbling on their lower end? Yes, in an Arkansas second. And if you have to pay more taxes so they can get higher profits... well that's just a tiny price for you to pay.

32 posted on 01/05/2014 6:44:18 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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To: JeepersFreepers
“They want people who will vote for cronyism and corporate welfare."

Yep. That about sizes it up. Both parties the same there.

33 posted on 01/05/2014 6:50:03 PM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: cripplecreek
Two different funds- TEF and TETF, that Perry pushed and was funded for. Both riddled with examples of corporate crony payouts for jobs that never quite materialized to the numbers promised. Also, the state's wind farms debacle largely funded via the TETF.

Now the Texas Future Business Alliance- Many of the same players who feed from the TEF and TETF trough are pushing back against the Tea Party, who Perry wrapped his arms around to build his image as a presidential candidate.

The irony and duplicity runs deep.

34 posted on 01/05/2014 6:50:40 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: RitaOK

I cannot see Texas imploding. There are to many attitudes here who care.


35 posted on 01/05/2014 6:52:50 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We do not have to rely on illegal aliens for our food or housing.

My community, Longview WA, has 30% unemployment. So much money is being taken out of the economy by taxes and fees, businesses cannot afford to hire people.

Yet I've spoken with City employees working in the local parks, and they can't speak English, only Spanish. What does that tell you?

If you haven't guessed, the Longview City Council and the Cowlitz County Commissioners are Democrats.

36 posted on 01/05/2014 6:54:43 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: TADSLOS

The irony and duplicity runs deep.


Painfully deep.


37 posted on 01/05/2014 6:55:42 PM PST by txhurl
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To: cripplecreek

Not voluntarily they don’t.

And most “economic development” projects are pork that goes to build boondoggles that can’t be maintained and add no long term ‘economic development’ (except to the few who got the contracts).

Just look at every po-dunk town that has a ‘convention center’, which sits idle most of the year (how many conventions are going to go to small towns with attractions other than the convention center itself?) In addition they are usually ugly, poorly built and expensive to maintain.


38 posted on 01/05/2014 6:56:30 PM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: SatinDoll

Do you ever eat Kraft, Tyson, Pilgim’s Pride, IBP, Nabisco, or a thousand other brands of food products? If so, you “rely” on illegal aliens. And you’re telling me that illegals aren’t involved in the construction trades there?


39 posted on 01/05/2014 7:01:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
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To: txhurl

Speaking of panic and Cornyn’s sweat. I’ve noticed a group placing non-stop anti-Stockman ads on Breitbart. The group paying for the ads is a SuperPAC with ties to Cornball. Their name is Texans for a Conservative Majority...but, they’re anything but. Here’s a link to a story about what they’re doing on behalf of Cornyn, against Stockman...

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/tag/texans-for-a-conservative-majority/


40 posted on 01/05/2014 7:02:37 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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