Prior to Gov.Perry announcing his run for Republican candidacy, I had read about the “jobs” created in Texas being mainly transient, low-paying jobs in construction and agriculture filled by illegal aliens.
Texas’s economic record would be much more impressive if these jobs were solid, family-wage jobs, held by legal residents and that contributed to a stable community.
It isn’t hard to tell, but I am not enthusiastic about Perry’s run for the Presidency. He is a Globalist and big statist, and Texas under his governership has had budget busting years.
Jobs situation in Texas is much better than elsewhere.
I’m here. I know.
They aren’t just low-paying jobs. Energy, tech, and business sectors are doing well, but are still impacted by the overall national mess.
Perry, however, takes credit for a business climate that is not his to claim. We have limited government and limited government interference. These pre-dated Perry.
The credit goes to Texas, not the current governor.
Our jobs are not low paying. Our average wage and annual salaries are right in the middle of the US, and are in the top 5 or 6 fastest growing of the states. That’s while we add 1/3 of the new jobs in the US and absorb 750,000 new legal immigrants from all over the Nation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2766156/posts
Do a search on FReeRepublic for “Texas jobs” for more info.