[faithhopecharity]

Texas frequently seems to work things out better than many other states

as for what we saw, anyways,
‘never before have so few taken so much from so many”

[Ben Ficklin]

Texas wasn't the only state that spent the Obama stimulus money in lieu of state appropriations. Most states did that.

We have talked a lot about how the meltdown affected the federal govt with plunging tax revenue, but it affected state govts worse because states also depend on tax revenue but have to balance their budgets