What fiscal mess? We are doing better than most of the country.
I totally understand why Palin resigned (lawsuits, etc.) but most candidates don’t.
I don’t have any issue with Perry not resigning. Lt Gov Dewhurst is considering a run for KBH’s seat. So what is left Strauss? No thanks.
Since he and Obama have butted heads so many times the last few years...and since Obama has targeted Texas...maybe he changed his mind.
In any case, I pay taxes in this state and don’t have a problem with it...nor does anyone I know.
“What fiscal mess? We are doing better than most of the country.”
This one:
6. The state’s debt has doubled under Perry.
The governor rails against government borrowing in Washington. But during his time in charge of the state government in Austin, state borrowing has more than doubled. According to PolitiFact, a nonpartisan fact-checking web site, “Texas had $34.08 billion in outstanding bonds and notes” at the end of the 2009 fiscal year, up from $13.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2001, Perry’s first as governor.
If Perry gets credit for job creation in Texas on his watch, does he deserve equal credit for the massive increase in government borrowing during his time at the tiller?
7. Some taxes have gone up during Perry’s tenure.
Although he signed an anti-tax pledge in 2009 and now says he’s against all tax increases, Perry has raised taxes in Texas a half-dozen times since becoming governor, PolitiFact concludes. Perry explained that several of the tax increases were part of larger tax reform measures that lowered other taxes. The bottom line remains:
“Texans paying more thanks to Perry’s signature on tax-increase measures include companies with higher business taxes, plus cigarette smokers and purchasers of smokeless tobacco, fireworks and diesel equipment.”
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“In any case, I pay taxes in this state and don’t have a problem with it...nor does anyone I know.”
So you think, because you support Perry, you can give him absolution on behalf of ten or fifteen million others. You can’t.
ANd taxpayers in other states resent this kind of scam as well. It says a lot about how Rick respects and guards the taxpayer’s money...that he will take it under false pretenses in a kind of bait and switch scheme.
“I totally understand why Palin resigned (lawsuits, etc.) but most candidates don’t.”
The main problem there was the laws in Alaska that made her defend out of pocket for official business. I doubt many would have or tried to withstand the onslaught of frivolous suits if they had similar laws to contend with. Nor would I blame them.