Rick Perry and Texas Job Numbers

Political Math Blog ^ | Matthias Shapiro

[drbuzzard]

Full disclosure: I don't like Rick Perry for our next president. I have my reasons that aren't worth going into here. However, when I was watching the GOP debate and pro-Perry people started bringing up Rick Perry's job numbers as a cudgel against other candidates, I looked into the BLS data on Texas jobs. Having familiarized myself with the data, I started noticing claims on the Texas jobs data that started popping up that directly contradicted what I was seeing in the data. So I wanted to clear up a couple of these common misconceptions.

(see the rest in the article, lots of great graphs and such)

[drbuzzard]

This guy really broke down the information and did in depth analysis. You can like or dislike Perry, but you can't deny that Texas leads in job creation right now.

[BereanBrain]

I live and work in texas.

The “franchise” tax that is a small business tax in disguise (passed during Perry’s term) is a burden.

I have to report every month. And it’s a revenue tax (not an income tax), so if I make 10$ it still may hit me with a BIG bill.

No, Perry has not helped Jobs (the only thing a government can do is get out of the way of job creation). If you believe the government creates jobs, you are a democrat.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Perry Responds To Obama: “Mr. President, Actions Speak Loud Than Words”

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/17/perry_responds_to_obama_mr_president_actions_speak_loud_than_words.html

Obama vs. Perry in a nutshell

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/08/obama_vs_perry_in_a_nutshell.html

[SoConPubbie]

Duplicate Post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2764499/posts

[RowdyFFC]

Why don’t you report about all your other taxes that have been lowered...put all the facts on the table instead of just the facts that suit your propaganda?

[RowdyFFC]

...Perry countered that he had, in fact, lowered business taxes by eliminating the 4.5 percent franchise tax in favor of the lower margins tax....

[ConservativeDude]

a little fun here, at California’s expense:

http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2011/08/why-california-is-broke-and-texas-isnt/