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Perry Touts Tax Cuts, Balanced State Budget

Friday, January 29, 2010

News-Journal.com

Christina Lane

On the eve of the second Texas Republican gubernatorial debate, Gov. Rick Perry told East Texans that under his administration, Texas has set a blueprint to recover from the economic crisis that he believes Washington should follow.

Perry spoke to about 100 East Texans on Thursday at the Longview Community Center. Perry is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, former chairwoman of the Wharton County Republican Party.

"The single most important job a governor does is create a climate where people have the opportunity to succeed," said Perry, who's held the post since being sworn in Dec. 21, 2000.

Perry said under his leadership, Texas passed a balanced budget, cut taxes for businesses and retained about $8 billion in the fund balance "for a rainy day."

"It didn't happen by accident," he said. "It happened because fiscally conservative decisions were made in this state in the last two years."

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RICK PERRY BALANCED BUDGET - PROBABLY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT May 27, 2011 02:44 PM EDT (Updated: May 27, 2011 02:51 PM EDT)

Thanks to his adherence to tough fiscal discipline, Governor Perry has helped shape a job creation environment unlike any other state’s. With low taxes & government spending, predictable regulations, a fair legal system and increasingly accountable schools, Texas has led the nation in job creation with more jobs gained than any other state in 2010 and over the past ten years. As a result, Texas is consistently ranked as the nation’s best place to do business and create jobs.

Perry has pursued an aggressive border security strategy that is putting more boots on the ground, more helicopters in the sky, and more resources into the hands of Texas peace officers standing between Texans and the exploding drug-related violence across the border.

He refused to raise taxes when Texas faced a record $23 billion budget shortfall in 2010. Instead, he was the first Texas governor since World War II to sign a budget that lowered state spending (and has now done it twice). As governor, Perry has used his line item veto to cut over $3 billion in proposed spending.