[Texas Eagle]

Governor Rick Perry's state is prospering because of high oil prices and population growth, much of this growth from Mexican immigrants and retirees.

Okay. Let's run with this.

Texas is experiencing an economic boom because of high oil prices while President Urkel's moratorium on drilling in The Gulf Of Mexico is in effect.

So, Paul Krugperson, President Clouseau is actually RETARDING even GREATER economic growth in Texas.

What a newshole.

[Texas Eagle]

The most damaging criticism of Perry's record is likely to be that many jobs in Texas are minimum wage jobs.

Ohhhhhhh. So now we're back to "burger flipping jobs bad."

When Mickey D's announced they would hire 50,000 people after receiving one of the 1500 (at the time) waivers from ObamaCare, those same burger-flipping jobs were hailed as the savior of Obamanation.

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It must be pointed out that many of the jobs were not minimum wage, however, a minimum wage job is better for the nation than the US mailing someone an unemployment check.

The first adds value, the 2nd spends from the nation’s treasury.

Also, as pointed out, an initial job is often a stepping stone to a higher paying job.

Finally, as long as Americans choose to purchase chinese and malaysian products made at slave wages, then American companies can only compete with such low wages by having low wages themselves.

Buy American or from real-wage nations. (Stihl chain saws, for example.)

[thackney]

And those retirees: Wonder if they might be attracted to the Lone Star state because there is no state income tax?

While I am working, I am most interested in a low or no income tax.

When I am retired, I am most interested in low sales and property taxes.

[CowboyJay]

Krugman finally has his stopped-clock moment.

Perry should send a personal thank-you letter to Bernanke for Texas’ job growth. Insane Fed policy sent energy and ag commodity prices into the stratosphere, and Perry gets to take credit for creating jobs he had nothing to do with.

Every time the dollar goes into the crapper, Texas goes into an economic boom.

[Arrowhead1952]

much of this growth from Mexican immigrants and retirees.

Note to Krugman: If that were the case, Kalefornia should have 100% employment with all the illegal immigrants.

[Real Cynic No More]

Well, what many don't seem to understand is that a leader must have a certain level of 'situational awareness'. That is, he or she must know when to turn away instead of driving over the cliff; must know when to take advantage - for the public good - of conditions that may exist, rather than blindly ignoring them. And really great leaders even have the ability to change the 'situation', that is, create new 'awareness' that the public buys into. Perry has it; Reagan had it; both Clintons have it; George W. Bush has it; Palin has it.

obama does not have it and never will, because he's blind to it, and focused in the wrong direction. he keeps digging his holes deeper and deeper; he hasn't learned yet that at some point one has to stop digging and start to climb out of the hole.