[RINOs suck]

Before the recession hit, not only was the budget in Texas balanced in 2008 but the state ran $11 billion surplus.

Even Alaska when Sarah Palin left was running massive deficits, largely becasue of the economic slowdown.

[deport]

the budget in Texas balanced in 2008 .....

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Nothing new there as the Constitution of Texas requires a balanced budget when adopted every two years....