[bwc2221]

Government has hardly shrunk under Rick Perry. In fact, only California, Illinois and New Jersey are projected to have greater shortfalls than Texas in 2012.

The Texas state shortfall is projected to be $10 billion in 2012:

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/01/14/10-states-with-the-largest-budget-shortfalls

I wish the Perry cheerleadering (yell-leading) squad would stop trying to portray this charlatan as a conservative.

[WayneS]

Well okay, then….

The article included the following: But the truly remarkable thing is how little faith Americans have in government to set things right. This cynicism poses an even bigger challenge to Obama and the Democrats – and perhaps to all of us.

I wrote: “They say cynicism, I say realism”.

Please explain how that equates to “Perry cheerleading”?

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Interestingly, just a few days ago, a very angry Rick Perry supporter on another thread repeatedly accused me of hating Rick Perry. He stated unequivocally that he KNEW I was a crazed supporter of Ron Paul — this despite the fact that the post I made to that thread made no mention of Ron Paul, and in fact virtually every post I've made for the last 8 years has been completely bereft of any mention of Ron Paul (similar to the way my post on this thread was bereft of any mention of Rick Perry).

It look like I'm managing to offend pretty much everyone. All in all, I'd say it's been a pretty successful week.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Left's Attack On Perry's Job Creation Record "Over the last couple of weeks, the left-leaning, mainstream media has decided that Governor Rick Perry's job creation record needs to be discredited if Obama wants to be reelected. As a consequence, the media has centered on the "quality" of the jobs that were created in Texas while trying to bury the fact that it has created nearly 40% of all the jobs in the United States since the recession began and that Texas has an unemployment rate that is 1% point below Obama's national number.

In doing so, the Obama defenders have noted three specific facts: (1) 9.2% of all hourly-paid jobs are being paid below the minimum wage when the national average is only 3%; and, (2) Texas has created more minimum wage jobs than anywhere else in the U.S.;and, (3) the average hourly wage is lower than the national average of all hourly wages across the country. All of those arguments are both specious and dishonest and take statistics out of context.

In terms of the "below minimum wage" argument, a significant fact isn't being told. That's the fact that Texas has the 3rd or 4th lowest cost of living (depending on the survey) of all 50 states (Click here to See Story). As a consequence, people making less than the minimum wage in Texas are quite better off than in a high cost of living state like California, where even a minimum wage might not be enough live on. As a result, only 1 in 10 Texans are on food stamp assistance. Compare that with the national average of 1 out every 7 people receiving food stamps; thanks to Obama's record on employment.

Then there's the "more minimum wage earners" argument. Well...dah...if you have a high job creation rate, it's only logical that you will, similarly, have a high creation of minimum wage jobs. But, as noted above, getting paid minimum wage in a low cost of living state is a helluva lot better than in much higher cost of living states; like the ones that most liberals seem to live in. ..........................."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Texas is cutting government:

"......The Texas Workforce Commission reports that Texas added 8,100 private sector jobs in August but lost 9,400 government jobs. Over the past 12 months, Texas has added 253,200 jobs but has lost 19,000 government jobs....Sept 16, 2011

[Grunthor]

“I wish the Perry cheerleadering (yell-leading) squad would stop trying to portray this charlatan as a conservative.”

How much did the population of the state grow at the same time? I wish his detractors would tell the whole truth instead of just the part that helps them tear him down..