[SoConPubbie]

You’re making excuses for Perry like most of the Perry Cheerleaders.

[jla]

Is Sarah Palin a 'Perry cheerleader'? After all she has described Rick Perry as one who "walks the walk of a true conservative".
Why do you suppose she said this? She surely couldn't have been misleading people. So it must be true. Right?

[normy]

Palin and Perry both rejected stimulus money because of the strings attached.

Texas has grown by almost 4.3 million people, the most of any state in the last 10 years (oddly the same amount of years Perry has governed)

Texas has bond debt to cover infrastructure and the jump in unemployment benefits in 2009 to accommodate those 4.3 million people.

Texas has a balanced budget and a rainy day fund. The debt Texas has will be paid off like it was in 2003. The massive growth requires such things. Imprudent spending did not cause Texas bond debt, growth of population did, the only way to pay for that kind of growth is to borrow or tax and since there is no state income tax, Texas borrowed at very reasonable rates.Alaska's budgets surpluses and shortfalls rise and fall directly with the price of oil.