If it’s an issue of money, I am sure that Perry can solve the problem with some leadership. First, visit the border and get lots of video of what is going on. Second, get on TV and YouTube and Facebook and explain that Obama created the problem and refuses to fix it. Then call for volunteers and deputize them all as state officers and let them be armed. You will have tens of thousands of people show up. The media will scream bloody murder and Obama will call up the guard in a heartbeat. If not, then several tens of thousands of Texans will be guarding our borders.
It's not an issue of money. As of December 2013, the balance of the "rainy day fund" was over $8 billion.
Perry doesn't realize that he blew his chance for the nomination by not sending Texas National Guard troops to help secure the border.
Now the rest of the country knows why we call him "Governor Goodhair".