Posted on 08/05/2011 2:53:21 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver
Texas benefited from a good economy and oil.
What did Rick do?
In 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That’s NEARLY DOUBLED the size of government during Perry’s Tenure.
Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system.
Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”
RINO enough, Big Government enough for you, or do you want to go into his “open border” flip flops?
It's lame argument and intellectually dishonest one. Spending in Texas over TEN years went up because of combination of inflation and population growth in the state primarily.
Learn, love it and live it:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5589438.html
WASHINGTON — The Texas state government spends less money per resident than any other state in the country, according to a new survey that also ranks Texas as the fourth best-run state in the nation.
Texas spent $3,638 per year for each person in the state, according to the report — less than one-third the amount of top spender Alaska's $12,833.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/01/11/budget_to_put_texan_self_sufficiency_to_the_test/
Texas spends less per resident than any other state.
STOP LYING ABOUT PERRY.
I did note that he was good at crashing jets. Check the record. If I'm wrong, please correct me. I'd welcome the correction.
I also noted that he is good at being shot down. You seem to only take note of what happened during the war, but consider that I could also be speaking of more recent history.
For example, obama shot him down. GWB shot him down. Etc.
If that's being way out of line, then so be it. If you're looking for reasons to be offended, you've come to the right place. This is a target rich environment.
Recall McCain!!!
“While the next president doesn’t have to be a Road scolar,”
Not many of us quite achieve THAT.
I’m a Texan, and not a big supporter of Perry. Having said that, I think I need to point out to you that Perry was a “yell leader” at Texas A&M, which was an all male school in his day. They only had male “yell leaders” and they were very masculine guys.
Perry is a RINO.
And the facts are spending nearly doubled in 10 years. What does that have to do with per-capita spending of other states?
You are like the little kid caught doing something wrong who says “well, bobby does worse, so you are a liar”
No, Facts are he DOUBLED the size of STATE gov.
You are showing your colors by calling me a liar — -where is the proof what I said is wrong?
45 Billion/year 2000 -— 90 Billion/Yr 2010 BIG GOVERNMENT PERRY
Speak for yourself. I know plenty of conservative people in TX who like Perry, including me. He is no RINO! Just liberals who want to persuade conservatives that they are conservatives too. They are spamming this board with the same messages.
Well, what IS YOUR definition of a RINO?
What would perry have to do to be a RINO in YOUR opinion?
Vaccinate schoolgirls for STDs?
Try to sell Texas Roads to a Spanish Company?
Grow the Texas Government 2x in 10 years?
If it acts like a RINO, it’s a RINO no matter what slick words come out his openings.
I guess you think the Tea Party people are Terrorists, too.
That is not correct. There were millions of main line Goldwater and Reagan republicans in Texas when Mr. college cheer leader was supporting the most liberal SOB on the face of American politics!!! Reagan RAN AGAINST AL GORE!!! This POC was his campaign manager!! He is a RINO!!! A RINO!! Do not support this joke. He has done nothing for Texas. The Governor of Texas HAS NO POWER!! everybody knows that. He is a Phony RINO!!!
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