As we speak Gov. Perry is here in Kerrville at Buzzy's BBQ having a meet and greet. We drove by and cars are parked for blocks in any direction. Already voted for him last Friday. ;o)
Go Rangers!
Posted on 10/26/2010 11:54:22 AM PDT by Kaslin
I didn't bother to read The Dallas Morning News' recent endorsement of Democrat Bill White for governor of Texas, partly because the piece was longer than a root canal appointment. Mainly, though, it was because the idea of NOT entrusting state government to an exponent of low taxes and relatively limited government (i.e., incumbent Rick Perry) is so detached from common sense and reality that ...
Well, heck, let's talk about California for a minute. California -- I adore the place. Went to college there. Visit when I can. Great food, great weather, great wine. And lame-brain government -- conditioned on the complaisance of the electorate in the idea that bills never fall due, hence never require to be paid.
A lot of justifiable moaning around the land is due to the excesses of Congress and Barack Obama. Yet no less sad a feature of our present discontents is the financial plight of states like California, whose governments are nearer the people than Washington, D.C., yet they don't get the picture. Some of this may change after Tuesday, Nov. 2, but probably not enough will. Californians, according to polls, seem set on returning professional pol Jerry Brown to the governorship in preference to letting a successful businesswoman-entrepreneur, Meg Whitman of e-Bay fame, have a crack at straightening out the local propensity to overspend. States, such as Texas, that BOTH pay their bills and provide low-cost service to taxpayers are, shall we say, relatively few in number right now. Though they maybe not forever, as outsiders catch on.
A Texan feels entitled less to boast, in the manner attributed to us by newspaper cartoonists and nightclub comics, than to note with appreciation the value of an economic climate deliberately, consciously, with cordiality aforethought, friendly to business. To business, yes -- creator of jobs, payer of taxes.
When Gov. Rick Perry's ads declare that "Texas is open for business," the laudable point is twofold:
-- We like and support businessmen down here. They help us, we help them.
-- We'd like more of them to recognize the advantages of doing business in a state with no income tax. No extra kick in the pants for you, that's to say, after you've shared your good fortune with the IRS.
Being open for business means being open to the labor and exertion and guesswork and gambling that go with the quest to make a buck.
The quest for a buck is not much in favor -- rhetorically, anyway -- with officials of the Obama administration, who seem to approve of businessmen mostly as providers of campaign contributions and corporate taxes. This very odd view appears to have had its effects: Business, by and large, disappointed in its expectations -- regarding an administration supposedly intent on "bringing us together" -- has gone over to the GOP.
The beneficent effects of paying attention to the business climate manifest themselves in Texas, for all the piety that liberal Democrats around here commonly expend on the alleged need to improve Texas schools and health care. Again, with the government talk! If you're not spending like, oh, Washington, D.C., you're betraying your people. But that just isn't so. Texas business is attentive to the need for better schools and health care because, frankly, what's good for the customers is good for the merchants.
A state government deficit of some $20 or so billions on a biennial basis has to be negotiated after the first of the year. Not the least promising approach is, broadly, to continue talking up business growth and government austerity in the interest of continued growth.
If Washington, D.C., can't see the big picture -- to wit, Big Government drags down economic endeavor and undermines job growth -- the witness of individual states to this important truth is there to drink in thankfully and to learn from.
Deo volente, Rick Perry returns to the governorship of Texas in January to bear down even harder than before on the necessities and maxims of smart government. Of course, he can't do it all. Come on, California; come on, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Alabama -- everybody.
OK, lets have the “Gov. Good Hair Perry is a RINO worse than John McCain” reality challenged people post something here.
Perry has spent more than 353 million dollars of the tax payer’s money to bring business to Texas.
Not sure if all that spending was worth it, but I’m not in favor of the Bail Out of the Banks and Wall Street, the Bail Out of the Auto Companies or the Stimulus Bill.
Therefore, it is difficult to find justification for Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund which is little more than a stimulus bill on a state level.
And those Republicans who supported the Bail Out of the Banks and Wall Street, the Bail Out of the Auto Companies and the Stimulus Bill are without question RINO’s and those Republicans who advocate the Texas Enterprise Fund are also RINO’s.
Every company I ever worked for, spent money trying to get business. Weird how that works huh? /sarc Nice try at turning an apple into an orange.
And he just sent the bill to Amazon. :)
Please explain to me how it is a “conservative principle” to spend tax payer money to fund private business.
And how is the Texas Enterprise Fund different from TARP?
And if Texas were to win that case, there would be no more tax free shopping on the Internet.
I will be pulling for Amazon and against taxation.
This is so easy, why can't you do your own research?
Texas Enterprise Fund
Summary of Achievement
The Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) provides the state’s leaders with a “deal closing fund” that has the flexibility and financial resources to help strengthen the state’s economy. The fund can be used for a variety of economic development projects including infrastructure and community development, job training programs and business incentives. Before funds can be awarded, the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker must unanimously agree to support the use of the TEF for each specific project.
The TEF is used primarily to attract new business to the state or assist with the substantial expansion of an existing business as part of competitive recruitment. State leadership will also be able to use Enterprise funds to leverage other resources for an economic development project.
To be eligible for TEF support, a project must demonstrate a significant return on the state’s investment and strong local support. The review process will consider a variety of factors, including job creation and wages, capital investment, financial strength of the applicant, applicant’s business history, analysis of the relevant business sector, and public and private sector financial support.
TARP
The Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as TARP, is a program of the United States government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector which was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008. It is the largest component of the government's measures in 2008 to address the subprime mortgage crisis.
I'm not here to support or defend the Texas Enterprise Fund, but there is a huge difference if you can't see it.
What is the next illusion needing to be clarified?
Both TARP and the TEF are outside of conservative principles as they aim to Redistribute Wealth from the taxpayer to private business.
Now, please make your argument in favor of the Redistribution of Wealth.
Click below to find details on the results that the marxist/commie/socialist Obama-like TEF produces
Gov. Good Hair's "Redistribution of Wealth" project results
I would think that real conservative criticism of Gov Perry would be if he had packed Austin with 100,000 more state workers with lofty pensions and benifits as an example.
On the contrary, we have one too many people claiming to be Conservative in the greatest state in the US, trying their best to commit fratricide in order to chase their precieved ideological purity. I suspect that most critics of Gov. Perry are Ron Paulhroids and libertarians.
I do respect your coherent attempt, versus the pure BS I usually hear from the "gov good hair" Texas malcontents.
this makes me laugh.
If there are no businesses who do you think employs the people?
Do you think government can employ us all and use government money for everything? We all know government makes its own money. (Rolls eyes)
Anyone who can’t see the difference between TARP and a state fund used to bring companies to a state doesn’t want to see.
As we speak Gov. Perry is here in Kerrville at Buzzy's BBQ having a meet and greet. We drove by and cars are parked for blocks in any direction. Already voted for him last Friday. ;o)
Go Rangers!
However, I understand that there are many that share your view that wealth distribution is a positive governmental action.
Does anyone have an estimate of how much of that 25 billion dollar state budget shortfall is caused by the illegal immigration Perry chooses to ignore?
perhaps you can explain how relocating a business to your state which results in that business hiring local people to work for wages is redistribution of wealth instead of that same company relocating to Kansas where they would empply Kansans.
I guess you’d rather the government just give you the money directly.
I love giving someone all the rope they need to hang themselves
What was Perry trying to give to O'Dumbo in this picture?
He was trying to personally give Obama a letter asking for more help on the border.
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