James Richard "Rick" Perry On the Issues

OnTheIssues.org ^

[seeker41]

Interested in "Perry's" Stance on the Issues.

[seeker41]

I cannot find anywhere where he is for amnesty. He wants to do away with "sanctuary cities"...

[seeker41]

http://www.ontheissues.org/rick_perry.htm

[Dick Bachert]

I wonder if most of the job growth in Texas is with CHINESE owned firms??

A great list of Perry’s “follies”

FACTS EVERYONE MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RICK PERRY……WHAT THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT WON’T TELL YOU….

#1 Rick Perry is a “big government” politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $ 49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $ 90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the of government.

#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $ 10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $ 9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.

#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?

#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.

#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a “track record” of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.

#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.

#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.

#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.

#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year….
• We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
• We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
• We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.

#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007 and 2011. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.

#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.

#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.

#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.

#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with an untested and unproven vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $ 6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”

[Dick Bachert]

I wonder if most of the job growth in Texas is with CHINESE owned firms??

A great list of Perry’s “follies”

FACTS EVERYONE MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RICK PERRY……WHAT THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT WON’T TELL YOU….

#1 Rick Perry is a “big government” politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $ 49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $ 90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the of government.

#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $ 10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $ 9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.

#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?

#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.

#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a “track record” of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.

#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.

#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.

#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.

#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year….
• We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
• We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
• We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.

#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007 and 2011. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.

#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.

#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.

#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.

#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with an untested and unproven vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $ 6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”

[org.whodat]

With Perry you need a date and time stamp on his stance on the issues, old flip flopper has been on all four sides of every issue. So putting a date and time helps. That way everyone can bet as to whether or not that will be his position next week.

[South40]

He’s not necessarily for amnesty in the sense that he wants to grant citizenship. But he does enjoy giving in state tuition to ILLEGAL aliens. In my mind, to give an ILLEGAL alien anything but a bus ride to the border is a form of amnesty.

[silentreignofheroes]

Tahnks,going to study up on the man.

[org.whodat]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/07/25/277846/rick-perry-still-supports-the-dream-act-to-punish-kids-for-parents-actions-is-not-what-america-has-always-been-about/

[South40]

I think his positions are quite clear.

Rick Perry endorsed pro-abortion candidate Rudy Giuliani for president in 2007
Rick Perry advocated for Texas’ version of the Dream Act and defends his position still
Rick Perry opposed the border fence
Rick Perry opposed SB 1070, Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law
Rick Perry vocally opposed Obama’s stimulus plan but took billions in stimulus money to balance the Texas budget
Rick Perry said he was Fine with NY’s gay marriage law
Rick Perry was hand-picked by Karl Rove and is an establishment Republican
Rick Perry is no conservative

[Tempest]

Thanks for the info. hopefully people will wake up and realize that Rick Perry is not ‘the One’ and get over their fainting spells.

[South40]

Good post on RINO Perry. Thanks for posting.

[org.whodat]

I agree!!!!!

[NoLibZone]

Numbers USA

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/action/rick-perry.html

Oppose Amnesty/Legalization

• Gov. Perry seems like he would like to be good on the amnesty issue but has failed to state a clear position covering the overall issue. Last year, he stated opposition to a president "unilaterally" legalizing illegal aliens but didn't comment on what Congress should do. Earlier during the Bush Presidency, he gave mild support to the idea of legalization. And he recently renewed his support for in-state tuition for illegal aliens, which is a moderate form of amnesty.
• During his time as Governor of Texas, Rick Perry consistently supported allowing illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition at Texas' state colleges and universities. On July 24, 2011, he told the New Hampshire Union Leader, "To punish these young Texans for their parents' actions is not what America has always been about."
  Source: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110724/NEWS0605/707249985
• In a September 2010 interview, Gov. Perry said the following regarding the Obama Administration's memo advocating an administrative amnesty for illegal aliens: "The idea that the administration unilaterally is going to be handing out citizenship to the United States is pretty offensive to people who stood in line for long periods of time to become citizens…so I think it’s a really bad idea.”
  Source: http://foxnewsinsider.com/2010/09/22/governor-rick-perry-on-the-report-of-a-new-amnesty-plan-for-illegals/
• In A December 2006 editorial, Gov. Perry wrote: "But to me neither amnesty nor mass deportation is the answer. The first unfairly rewards those who broke our laws, and the latter is not only unrealistic and unenforceable, but it would devastate our economy. That’s why I support a guest worker program that takes undocumented workers off the black market and legitimizes their economic contributions without providing them citizenship status.... Along with millions of Americans, I think it is wrong to reward those who broke our laws with citizenship ahead of those who have followed the law and are waiting to enter this country legally. And like millions of Americans I do not support amnesty."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/

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Mandate E-Verify

• As governor, Mr. Perry has shown no leadership in requiring the use of E-Verify in his state and his comments about the program in general have been disdainful.
• In a January 2010 gubernatorial debate, Gov. Perry said: "E-Verify would not make a hill of beans' difference when it comes to what's happening in America today. You secure the border first, then you can talk about how to identify individuals in an immigration situation."
  Source: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YKJBh_2up9QJ:www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/feb/01/kay-bailey-hutchison/hutchison-says-texas-state-doesnt-use-e-verify-wee/+http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/feb/01/kay-bailey-hutchison/hutchison-says-texas-state-doesnt-use-e-verify-wee/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

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Reduce Overall Immigration

• Gov. Perry has said nothing about whether the federal government should continue to force massive population growth in the U.S.

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End Chain Migration

• Gov. Perry has said nothing about the need to reduce or end non-nuclear family chain migration.
  

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End Visa Lottery

• Gov. Perry has made no statements regarding the visa lottery.

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Limit Unfair Worker Competition

• Gov. Perry has not shown an empathy for unemployed Americans who must compete with an ever-growing number of foreign workers in their occupations. Before the current Jobs Depression, he made a number of pronouncements about worker shortages and the need for more foreign workers. He has failed since then to revise those opinions, leaving him just inside the Bad rating.
• In his February 2007 State of the State address, Gov. Perry said: "Ultimately, the best way to crack down on illegal hiring practices is for Congress to finally pass a guest worker program. A guest worker program recognizes the contributions of foreign workers and captures their income in our tax system, ensuring they contribute to the public services we provide them. And a guest worker program will help us know who crosses our border legally rather than not knowing who crosses our border illegally."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/5567/
• In his January 2007 oath-of-office address, Gov. Perry said: "We must have a guest-worker program that recognizes the economic contributions of foreign workers and the desperate conditions that bring them here."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/2305/
• In A December 2006 editorial, Gov. Perry wrote: "I would rather know who is crossing our border legally to work instead of not knowing who is crossing our border illegally to work. A guest worker program that provides foreign workers with an ID removes the incentive for millions of people to illegally enter our country. It also adds those workers to our tax base, generates revenue for needed social services and it can be done without providing citizenship."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/

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Secure Border & Fence

• Gov. Perry has been a strong public advocate of much better border security. He would rate an "Excellent" if he were to offer a detailed plan of what he would do as President.
• In his February 2011 State of the State address, Gov. Perry said: "On a broader scale, we should also continue our investment in border security because the threat of cross-border violence has only grown, as the drug wars escalate. I don't raise the issue of border security as a criticism of our neighbors to the south, but to show our resolve and unity in the struggle, as they deal with a wave of violence unlike anything outside of the world's war zones.... border security is not just a hot button issue for the talk shows, but a matter of life and death for American citizens, in the border region and in communities across our state.... Despite our frequent requests, Washington has yet to dedicate sufficient resources to secure our international border. We still need 1,000 National Guard troops to support current law enforcement operations on our border until they can provide those 3,000 more border patrol agents. We also need Predator drones flying along the Texas-Mexico border, providing real time intel to our state and local operation centers. It's time for our delegation in Washington, on both sides of the aisle, to step up and speak out in support of our state's needs. If it seems that their interest in this legislative session is higher than usual, that's to be expected in a redistricting year."
  Source:http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/15673/
• In his February 2007 State of the State address, Gov. Perry said: "I am also proposing a $100 million investment in a more secure border. There is no such thing as homeland security without border security. It is not hyperbole to say terrorists view our international border with Mexico as a prime point of entry – that is the conclusion of the U.S. intelligence community.... The best plan to secure our border involves intensive operations with federal, state and local officials working together to seal off common illegal crossings. So far we have used all available resources to fund additional patrol hours, new vehicles, and new technology for local law enforcement."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/5567/
• In his January 2007 oath-of-office address, Gov. Perry said: "We must secure the border with manpower, not unmanned walls."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/2305/

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Implement Entry/Exit

• Gov. Perry has said nothing about fully implementing an entry/exit system for foreign students, tourists and temporary workers.

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Support Local Enforcement

• Gov. Perry has been especially active in trying to stop city officials who refuse to obey federal immigration laws (as through Sanctuary City ordinances). To rate an "Excellent," he needs to take a position on federal legislation that allows more local enforcement and on how he would change the way federal officials respond to state and local requests for more enforcement.
• In his February 2011 State of the State address, Gov. Perry said: "I also want to thank Senator Williams and Representative Solomons for supporting my efforts to abolish sanctuary city policies, restrictions that handcuff our police officers as they work to uphold the law and protect our communities.... Texas law enforcement professionals must have the discretion to use their judgment; judgment honed by years of training and experience, when it comes to inquiring about immigration status during lawful detentions and apprehensions."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/15673/
• In April 2010, Gov. Perry expressed concern with portions of Arizona's interior enforcement law, SB 1070: "some aspects of the law turn law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status during any lawful contact with a suspected alien, taking them away from their existing law enforcement duties, which are crucial to keeping citizens safe." Perry also said a Texas version of SB 1070 "would not be the right direction for Texas."
  Source: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-30-10-rick-perry-shoots-down-arizonas-harsh-immigration-law/

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Punish Business Violators

• Rick Perry has acted to increase state penalties on businesses that violate immigration laws. For an "Excellent" rating, he needs to state what he would advocate on federal penalties.
  
• In his February 2011 State of the State address, Gov. Perry said: "It is also time to seriously address the demand side of illegal immigration. We must establish criminal penalties for employers who knowingly hire workers who are here in violation of immigration law."
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/15673/
• In May 2006, Gov. Perry signed legislation requiring employers that hire illegal aliens to pay higher taxes.
  Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/2422/

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Tackle Refugee Fraud

• Gov. Perry has made no statements addressing the issue of refugee fraud.

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End Birthright Citizenship

• Gov. Perry has made no statements regarding the ending of Birthright Citizenship.

[DRey]

He is NOT for amnesty, although the haters on this site insist that he is. He is for secure borders. He said the Arizona law wouldn’t work in Texas and infuriated a bunch of people. That’s what it all boils down to. He’s a fiscal and social conservative, and a faithful Christian, from a strong Christian family. He flew for the Air Force and was a farmer/rancher before running for office. He started off as a Democrat and was actually involved in Al Gore’s first presidential bid back when Gore was a conservative, advocating against federally funded abortions and FOR a moment of silence for prayer in school. After that, Perry switched to the Republican party and never looked back. He is fearless, and that made him some enemies. But he’s a good man, and can save us from the Obamanation.

[manic4organic]

No sh*t. In about five seconds the Perry Fairies will fly in to beat you down.

[chicken head]

is there anyway to get these facts to spread out to the public ASAP? from watching his new ad, peeps will think he is a conservative

[ncalburt]

Perry scares your boss !

SMEAR SMEAR SMEAR
ASTROTURF ASTROTURF
ASTROTURF
TIRE OVERUSED CLIQUES LIKE RHINO
BLAH BLAH BLAH

But WHO DO YOU WORK FOR Obama or Mittens ??????

Your employed by someone

Perry scares your boss !

[hosepipe]

[ He is NOT for amnesty, although the haters on this site insist that he is. He is for secure borders. ]

Maybe, maybe not.. I think he will say anything for votes but do anything he wants when in office..

He may have no principles.. like the rest of Washington D.C.

He may be a progressive like George Bush.. and the Clintoons, and Obama and.... of course, John McLaim..

Perry and Myth may be cut from the same cloth..

[South40]

Do you really think that’s an effective defense of Perry? It’s not — not even close. All you’ve done is make yourself look foolish. I’ve been a participant in this forum for over a decade and my conservative credentials are beyond reproach. I don’t attack real conservatives and I don’t attack other conservative FReepers. But if that’s the best you’ve got have at it.

[hocndoc]

We’ve got nearly 11 years of experience with the Governor. He does what he says he will do. He does not encourage spending or taxes and has done what he can without raising taxes or breaking the law) to control the border.