Posted on 08/10/2011 2:26:36 PM PDT by wolfcreek
Amid huge corporate losses, massive job layoffs, government bailouts, unsustainable national deficit spending, state bonds rated as junk and discussions of states filing for bankruptcy, Texas stands out as a shining example of economic stability and growth.
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Paying taxes is no excuse for having a hand out.
The primary problem is too many dollars go to the Feds in the first place. They take our money and return it piecemeal granting more to favorites or adding strings attached to use our own money.
I bought into his tough border talk for a while but all I was doing was taking his word for it.
If you were to look at my comments on Rick Perry from a year or 6 months ago you would see me expressing appreciation for him changing his stance and sticking to it. Unfortunately I started looking a little deeper and found that I was wrong.
http://www.recovery.gov/pages/textview.aspx?data=recipientHomeMap
This gives the data in a table. The top ten best for jobs/$ were:
Florida
Idaho
North Carolina
Ohio
Connecticut
Hawaii
Nebraska
Texas
Alabama
Oklahoma
The sad part even these averaged over $200k per job. In Minnesota spent $1.2 million per job.
Thanks again.
bump.
Your profile page says you’re from Alabama. That true?
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