Texas poverty level
Compare it to other States.
http://old.usccb.org/cchd/pov/map.htm
Are most Texans less well off then the general population?
We have a high poverty level and that isn’t going to change until we secure the border and correct this illegal immigration problem that has been ignored for far too long.
We also need tort reform, loser pays and to choke off all those STUPID feel good regulations that kill jobs for the nation, not just Texas.
We have many poor hispanics in the south, they tend to have lower education and be younger with large families. I suppose this is why they thought in-state tuition would be good (though I disagree)
Texas is notoriously bad for not giving too many hand-outs—which makes the in-state tuition a head-scratcher.
We have job creation but we also have about 1000 people a day flooding into Texas, some from other states that are unemployed and as always—the illegals.
What we need are jobs nationwide. Perry took on the regulations here and he has taken on tort-reform and loser pays. Seeing that record helps me to trust he WILL do that as president.
Perry has defined his border plan based off of recommendations and studies of professionals, I trust that he will implement that plan.
Texas has paid 400 million Texas taxpayer dollars trying to do what the Federal Gov’t’s won’t do. I imagine if Texas had less illegals flowing in and those saved Texas tax dollars, our poverty level would sink immensely.
It is my opinion that Gingrich has the brains and Perry has the old cowboy drive to dog on congress and rein in this runaway gov’t. They have a record I can look to and see.
While Perry doesn’t suit you, he suits me just fine. I will continue to support him until or unless he is no longer a candidate.
Perry can’t fix the poverty level in Texas until this nation rights herself and starts enforcing her laws and upholding her duty to the states and her citizens.
I see Perry and Newt as the men to get the job done.
It’s the Mexicans.
I blame Perry for lots of things, but not this.