This article is below the normal standard for The New American. Creating jobs and who fills them are different issues. Perry has maintained and improved a friendly business climate, which generates jobs. The Governor has nothing to do with private hiring decisions. For those who want to claim that the jobs have been “low wage” jobs, researchers at the Dallas Fed has already put that one to rest.
What motivates the article? Everyone should know that The New American is a a big Ron Paul supporter.
I’d be happy with Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Santorum, or Palin (if the diva deigns to enter the race). What I see too much of here are fixations on one candidate or other, and these fixations often result in irresponsible commentary on others. The net result of in-fighting by conservatives could well be a Romney nomination (blech, yuck, etc.)
From the article:
"But here’s what Perry doesn’t say: “virtually all of them” were government jobs, Newman wrote: “Net job gains in Texas have come entirely from government hiring, which accounts for 115,000 new jobs over the past three years. The private sector in Texas shed about 40,000 jobs during that time."