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Posted on 10/03/2011 1:16:29 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
[excerpt of new issue not yet online]
IT WILL BE THE JOBS ISSUE—and Texas’s record in creating them—that will define Rick Perry’s presidential run. Since he became governor in 2001, the U.S. as a whole has had a net loss of private-sector jobs, while Texas—which has only 8 percent of the nation’s population—has had a net gain of 825,000 jobs.
Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Board, told me that if you look at the number of jobs created since the recession technically ended in June 2009, Texas has accounted for 48 percent of net new jobs created in the U.S.
Fisher also disparages claims that the jobs are all low-paying jobs at McDonald’s or Walmart, paying the minimum wage, or that they were primarily caused by the oil and natural gas boom. According to Tom Pauken of the Texas Work Force Commission, the annual median wage in Texas in 2010 for all occupations was $31,500 a year, only 7 percent below the national average. That difference is easily explained by the fact that Texas has a younger workforce than most states and a higher percentage of workers in lower-pay agriculture jobs near the border with Mexico. [ CW: Cost of living in Texas is lower than many other states; Texas has no state income tax; Texas is a right to work state.]
As for where the job growth has been, three sectors of the economy have grown faster than the energy sector, which alone added 40,500 net new jobs in 2010. Last year, Texas added 57,900 new jobs in trade, transportation, and utilities; a total of 53,400 jobs in professional and business services; and 44,900 net new jobs in the hospitality industry.
For each of the past seven years, CEOs polled by “Chief Executive” magazine have rated Texas first in the nation for economic development climate and job growth. What is the secret of Texas’s success? Rick Perry isn’t shy about his answer. “It’s all about four points,” he told me. “First, don’t spend all the money. Keep the taxes low and under control. Have regulations that are fair and predictable so business owners know what to expect from one quarter to the next. And reform the legal system so that frivolous lawsuits don’t paralyze employers who are trying to create real wealth.”
If there is on issue which Perry has made a personal crusade, it is lawsuit reform. Working with the legislature, he has helped pass curbs on frivolous lawsuits, implemented a first-in-the-nation system under which loser pays all court costs in many lawsuits, and reformed medical malpractice law.
Dick Weekley, the co-founder of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, says Perry showed genuine political courage in resisting calls for watered-down reforms that wouldn’t have addressed the core problem. He recalls that in 2002 Perry vetoed a bill strongly supported by doctors that would have required them to prompt payment from health maintenance organizations. In the eyes of the tort reform advocates, the bill was a Trojan Horse compromise negotiated between doctors and trial lawyers. “There was a huge response from physicians [against the veto],” Kim Ross, the former top lobbyist for the Texas Medical Association, said. TMA went so far as to endorse Tony Sanchez, Perry’s millionaire Democratic opponent in the 2002 election. “Perry sent a signal that he wanted real reform and would stand his ground,” Weekley told me. “Soon the medical lobbyists playing footsie with the trial lawyers were gone and the obstacles to real reform started falling.” [end excerpt]
I want Rick Perry as the President getting the country back to work, strengthening our national security and truly caring about the U.S.
You seem to be more bothered about Perry’s Texas accent. I guess you’d like Obama talk for 4 more years or the elite, Mitt Romney’s well spoken double talk.
"Claims made.
Refuted.
Next?"
I've seen these various claims made, and their substance rationalized by Perry supporters. But effectively refuted? I think not.
In-State Tuition Debate Isn't About In-State Tuition (It's about AMNESTY)
Watch the Perry comment again. He was PASSIONATE when he said it.
Start at the 2:40 mark.
If Perry believes the Mexican Army and the Mexican Government are “fighting” the drug cartels, he’s a bigger idiot than I gave him credit for.
Why would I read something with a title I know is patently false? 'splain it to me in your own words.
These posts are not made to convince YOU. You’ve been brainwashed, and there is no hope for you.
They are to inform others.
Have a nice day!
I've seen Perry's track record and I've seen yours. Who do you think I'm going to bet on?
I'll give you a clue, DNMFOHE, it ain't you.
He did not create jack, a storm move tens of thousands of people from new Orleans to Texas, billions of tax payers money was spent on this, the balance was migration to the south that had been going on for the past thirty years. Are do you think he caused the population growth to Georgia and Florida also.
I guess the fact that my handle is “JoenTX”.......as in Joe in Texas, born and raised.....completely missed you?
His accent? Lady, Perry doesn’t have much of an accent as far as I’m concerned. It’s a little subdued compared to what I hear from most native born folks.
>>I’ve seen Perry’s track record and I’ve seen yours. Who do you think I’m going to bet on?
<<
Guess what, genius, I’m not running for office. Are you drunk???
I guess he'll have to make due w/o your vote. As the sub-title of the article says, "with no need in the world to win liberal approval."
Perry has had a very successful run as Governor of Texas and jobs have led the way.
If Perry can hold off Romney, the race baiter, the retard and ALL the attack yahoos on the left and right, he has a great chance to beat Obama.
“If Perry believes the Mexican Army and the Mexican Government are “fighting” the drug cartels, he’s a bigger idiot than I gave him credit for...”
I don’t know how much of that he actually believes. It may just be the perfunctory thing to say.
However, indeed, the Mexican military is hip-deep in the drug trade and the Mexican Federals can’t do a damn thing about it even if they wanted to. In Mexico, the government doesn’t tell the military what to do.
“Claims” refuted you say? I can give you 20 links for each one of them in 15 minutes, and you know it!!
You are fun.
You think all the people that have swelled our population, built businesses and filled job rolls are only from people who fled New Orlean’s disaster with Katrina and natural migration?
Wow. That’s not factual.
Do you care about facts?
If your premise is correct, why is only Texas doing so well?
Perhaps it’s due to the things mentioned in the article.
On one hand they clamor for more federal assistance for the border but are delusional in believing they can control the infiltration....
Perry's self-serving govt policies have created, and enabled, the out-of-control border they are now contending with....they want it both ways...too late.
Soon Texas will also be dealing with their Muslim population in ways they never anticipated......again, thanks to Perry's self-serving use of govt power.
Denial is working against them in every way....though they see the problem now...they refuse to accept common sense solutions, and the fact that they are part of the problem.
Must be Romney fans..../s/
John Fund isn’t some unknown blogger. He had a long history with the Wall Street Journal before moving to the Spectator. He’s a commentator entitled to his opinions, which are at least researched and sourced.
You may not like what he says and are free to disagree, but he’s more credible than 99% of what is posted on the internet.
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