A Governor Who Prays or Preys?

AmericanThinker ^ | 07/17/2011 | Jan LaRue

[BuckeyeTexan]

Conservative commentator Bill Bennett says that anyone looking for democracy, good government, business and job growth, the best medical care, a lower cost of living and taxes should look to Texas as the model and to Rick Perry as the model governor.

[Admin Moderator]

Do you have a link?

[Paperdoll]

I do not consider Bill Bennett a true conservative. He is too close to the Establishment to be taken seriously as far as any endorsement is concerned. Rick Perry, like the Bush family, is a Globalist, a One Worlder. We don’t need no more stinking RINOs!

[smoothsailing]

http://theacru.org/acru/a_governor_who_prays_or_preys/

[Roninf5-1]

Conservative commentator Bill Bennett says that anyone looking for democracy, good government, business and job growth, the best medical care, a lower cost of living and taxes should look to Texas as the model and to Rick Perry as the model governor.

Does that anyone include the illegal aliens Perry welcomed to Texas with open arms.

[smoothsailing]

[Servant of the Cross]

Perry ping ...

[Servant of the Cross]

As the article points out, Ahnold and Rick Perry could not be more different in their approach to government policy or results from their respective policies.

If both are "RINO"s in your mind, the term has no meaning whatsoever.

[BuckeyeTexan]

OMG. I can’t believe I did that. Yes, here’s the link.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/a_governor_who_prays_or_preys.html

[CowboyJay]

Bill Bennett should have run the numbers before he opened his trap. Texans are on the hook for more public debt per person than even California. Texas' budget looks OK this year because they cooked the books by delaying the payout date of several billion by a single day which just means it will have to be accounted for in the next budget. Perry left a fiscal timebomb ticking for the next governor that will go off in 2013.

Perry's desperate to get out of Austin before everyone catches on.

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks for the link. American Thinker’s copyright restrictions upon Free Republic require all material originating from American Thinker be properly attributed, excerpted and linked. I excerpted the complete American Thinker article and will now add the link.

[Paperdoll]

UI was not comparing Perry to Arnold. I was linking him more to the Bush mindset. And I am not sold on Bill Bennett.

[BuckeyeTexan]

If you have time, will you add American Thinker to the following thread about copyright restrictions? (It’s what I use as a guideline.) Thanks for fixing this article and my apologies for causing you extra work. -Tex

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1111944/posts?page=1

[mikedfox]

Yes, that huge public debt number is just what the media will want you to look at.

Of course, considering the rapid growth rate in Texas, and a huge need for infrastructure to support it (in advance of any tax revenue generated), it might be understandable.

I have my problems with Governor GoodHair, but the high spending on infrastructure isn’t one of them. Every government overspends, but between trying to accomodate the illegals (which we aren’t allowed to send home) and the Yankees (which we aren’t allowed to send home) :) , there’s an enormous pressure for new spending. Some of it is not justified, but a lot of it is necessary in the short term.

[Admin Moderator]

Good idea and you’re welcome Tex. No problem, everyone forgets something, sooner or ... what were you saying? ;) Anyhow we’re here to help. :)

[RINOs suck]

Rick Perry, like the Bush family, is a Globalist, a One Worlder.

Because he went to -- gasp -- a Bilderberg meeting?

[CowboyJay]

Of course, considering the rapid growth rate in Texas

What rapid growth rate? 250K jobs over the last two years in a state with about 30 million people? Just because it's marginally better than other places doesn't mean it's going through the stratosphere.

The corporate welfare schemes Perry's been running for 10 yrs aren't revenue-neutral even over the long term. What's more, the minute the kickbacks stop those companies will be on their way out the door. Perry's failure to hold the line on spending (while publicly beating his chest on fiscal responsibility) is the reason your next governor will have to deal with a 27 billion dollar budget gap. I'm pretty sure none of what Perry's been up to could be confused with leadership.

[RINOs suck]

Texans are on the hook for more public debt per person than even California.

Last I heard Texas had balanced the budget with about six billion left in its "rainy day" fund.

[Paperdoll]

Because he favors the 12 lane NAFTA Highway, and the cheap illegal Mexican labor.

[Paperdoll]

Because he favors the 12 lane NAFTA Highway, and the cheap illegal Mexican labor.