Rick Perry Slams Mitt Romney, Talks Gun Control and Church on Sunday

ABC News ^ | 5 Sept 2011 | Arlette Saenz

[smokingfrog]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry came out swinging today in South Carolina, making his fiercest hit yet on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his record as a job creator.

“There is no one going to be sitting on that stage who has the record of job creation that I have,” Perry said at Rep. Tim Scott’s, R-S.C., town hall in Conway, S.C. Monday morning. “There’s going to be some that get up and say ‘Well I’ve created jobs,’ and that’s true. There’s one in particular who’s created jobs all over the world, but while he was the governor of Massachusetts, he didn’t create very many jobs.”

The two were set to appear at Sen. Jim DeMint’s Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, S.C. Monday afternoon, but Perry, who overtook Romney’s position as front-runner in recent polls, cancelled his appearance to attend to the wildfires scorching thousands of acres across central Texas

“I’m leaving directly from here and going back to Texas. Our state has got wildfires that are running quite wild and zero containment right now, and the winds are supposed to pick up again. So just keep those folks in your prayers if you will as we go back and try to get people out of harm’s way,” Perry said. “Pray for rain as well.”

The Texas governor, who is the third candidate to participate in Scott’s presidential town hall series, answered questions from the crowd ranging from his commitment to pro-life issues to explaining where exactly he stands on gun control.

“I’m actually for gun control – use both hands,” Perry quipped.

Perry, whose book “Fed Up!” has drawn scrutiny in the past week, did not back off claims he made about social security in his 2010 book.

[Crichton]

As an entrepreneur who pays no attention to what politicians do or don't do in deciding to hire or invest

That may be feasible in some instances, but indefensible in many or most. Politicians can mandate what taxes you pay, what benefits you provide, what salaries/wages you pay, what products you can sell, where you can sell them, where you can expand, your hiring & firing practices, determine whether you are considered for government contracts, make it easier for your employees to unionize, enforce licensing criteria to engage in your business, seize your property via eminent domain, et cetera, et cetera.

That kind of impact should never be ignored.

[montag813]

That may be feasible in some instances, but indefensible in many or most. Politicians can mandate what taxes you pay, what benefits you provide, what salaries/wages you pay, what products you can sell, where you can sell them, where you can expand, your hiring & firing practices, determine whether you are considered for government contracts, make it easier for your employees to unionize, enforce licensing criteria to engage in your business, seize your property via eminent domain, et cetera, et cetera. That kind of impact should never be ignored.

I don't mean regulatory threats. That is a matter of course, like the weather. What I mean is that business creativity is unpredictable, as George Gilder said, and cannot be centrally planned by bureaucrats.

[reasonisfaith]

I’m sure there are plenty of Palin supporters who are more so, but thanks for the kind words.