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  • Texas, the jobs engine

    07/01/2011 10:00:48 PM PDT · by Clairity · 17 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | July 3, 2011 | Rick Wartzman
    Conservatives hail it and liberals dispute the story, but one thing is certain about the Lone Star State's employment success: The number is real. According to the Dallas Fed, Texas generated 43% of the net new jobs in the U.S. from June 2009 through May 2011 - an enormous share when you consider that the Lone Star State accounts for about 8% of the nation's economy. ...conservatives were quick to celebrate, embracing the jobs tally as powerful evidence of the superiority of Republican ideas as well as proof that Texas Gov. Rick Perry would make a good president. Texas is...