Republican Perry to lay out energy jobs proposals

Reuters ^ | October 14, 2011 | Steve Holland, Pennsylvania

[Cincinatus' Wife]

In excerpts of his speech released by his campaign, Perry will say his plan can largely be carried out through a series of executive orders without requiring congressional approval.

"The plan I present this morning -- energizing American jobs and security -- will kick-start economic growth and 1.2 million American jobs," Perry will say.

Perry would open up for exploration and production Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which has long been an environmental battleground between Democrats and Republicans.

He would allow more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and areas of the Atlantic while protecting the ecologically fragile Florida Everglades, aides said.

And he would back the Keystone XL pipeline to bring crude from Canada's tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The pipeline is caught up in U.S. red tape and opposed by many on various environmental grounds.

"My plan will break the grip of dependence we have today on foreign oil from hostile nations like Venezuela and unstable nations in the Middle East to grow jobs and our economy at home," Perry will say.

Perry would seek to rein in both the Environmental Protection Agency and activists who try to slow down energy projects through lawsuits.

Perry will zero in on Obama, who is struggling to reduce the stubbornly high U.S. unemployment rate of 9.1 percent amid weak growth.

"The choice in this election is between two very different visions for our country. When it comes to energy, the president would kill domestic jobs through aggressive regulations while I would unleash 1.2 million American jobs through safe and aggressive energy exploration at home," Perry will say.

[LomanBill]

[A free market government has a vested interest in encouraging local enterprise; ]

 

LOL.

 

Well, when is it going to demonstrate a "vested interested" in prosecuting the massive FRAUD that was perpetrated upon the American people by Perry's "Crowned Jewel", ehh, Perryswindlers?

swin·dle (swndl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/swindler

 

 

"Angelo Mozilo, thank you"

--Governor Ricar(D)o Perry

--Tuesday, December 14, 2004

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10202/

 

 

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Well, then you should be in Perry’s corner. He’s made it clear he’s not going to pander to, or fold for environmentalist wacko obstructionists and Perry, speaking in Iowa, told farmers that once the EPA is out of their lives they will once again be competitive.

[Smokin' Joe]

She's not the only one. I'm up in North Dakota, where I have been doing geology on Bakken wells since 2000 (over in the Elm Coulee Field in Montana, and later in North Dakota, although I have been working in the area since '79).

It is self-evident to those of us here that the energy industry, (specifically oil and gas) not only creates jobs, but revenue for state and local government.

Not just jobs here in North Dakota and Montana, mind you.

Much of the equipment we use and the supplies consumed on the 200 rigs drilling here come out of (drum roll....) Texas. Many of the manufacturing jobs down there are linked to the oil and gas activity here (even though Mr. Perry is happy to take credit for that).

We do have 1% unemployment in the county I am in, you can't turn your head in town without seeing a "help wanted" sign, and the housing in the area is full up, with more under construction--so more 'booms' than just the oil industry.

Prosperity comes from creating wealth, extracting resources is part of the process.

I'm all for this approach toward getting America back on its feet, but it is a no-brainer to anyone who has taken an honest look at the economy, trade deficits, and the oil and gas industry.

Of course, that means people have to get over the programming that "Big Oil" is "evil", or that in many instances, that it is even "big".

Pennsylvania and Ohio are learning fast...

[sklar]

{Perry "Unveils" "His energy plan"...}

Drill for oil on American land because we have abundant resources, and reduce Govt regulations on the Energy Sector...

Help me, and educate me here... ISN'T THIS -- WORD FOR WORD -- WHAT SARAH PALIN HAS BEEN SAYING FOR FOUR YEARS NOW??

By what stretch of the imagination is Rick Perry "Unveiling" a "Plan"???

You're giving Rick Perry kudos for repeating what Sarah Palin has been saying for years and years?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You think Gov. Perry is stealing Palin’s plan?

Get real.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CALIFORNIA: …..“Texas Gov. Rick Perry has become a folk hero for people like Stewart as he's marketed his state as a low-cost and business-friendly alternative to California, which is fertile job-hunting ground for Perry.

Texas has added 929,000 jobs since 2001, while California has lost approximately 635,000 manufacturing jobs in that same time, Stewart said...

"They're doing something right down there," Stewart said of what he dubs the "Texas miracle." "Gov. Perry will go anywhere, any time, to try to recruit companies into Texas."

Perry has taken the state's regulatory process and managed it himself, Stewart said………

[CA Economic Development Corporation President Mark] Lascelles emphasized that it does no good to belabor California's regulatory environment.

"Unfortunately, we can't avoid it. We have to deal with it," he said. Speaker focuses on job creation

MONTANA: Legal gamesmanship threatens our energy future “Texas Gov. Rick Perry is able to boast about job growth under his watch, noting that over 265,000 jobs, or nearly 37 percent of the jobs created nationwide since the summer of 2009, have been created in the Lone Star state.

He credits this growth to a few simple conditions: low taxes, a regulatory climate that is fair and predictable, and a legal system that limits frivolous lawsuits. According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly one-fourth of the 70 companies that left California this year relocated to Texas.

When new or relocating companies and investors survey the landscape and consider Montana, what do they see? Well, when it comes to natural-resource development, the landscape looks risky...

Make no mistake, if Montana opposition groups continue to force developers to spend as much on attorneys as they do on engineers, they’ll invest elsewhere, and Montana will be left clawing to develop the jobs and tax revenue for schools, roads, water, sewer, and other basic services we continually struggle to provide.

“The common experience for Tongue River Railroad and Tonbridge Power is this: Even if you play by the rules, even if you follow the letter of the law, even if you engage with the public during a planning process, even if you get formal approval from the regulatory authorities, you are certain to face organized opposition whose sole intent is to frustrate project development to the point of financial starvation….”

[Netizen]

You don’t expect him to think for himself do ya?

[Netizen]

On Jobs: FactCheck: Texas has highest number of minimum wage workers
When Rick Perry thumped his chest over his job-creation record as governor, he left the bad parts out. Yes, employment has grown by more than 1 million since Perry took office in Texas. But a lot of those jobs are not well paid.

Perry said, “95% of all the jobs that we’ve created have been above minimum wage.” To support the claim, the Perry campaign provided federal statistics for Dec. 2010 showing only 5.3% of all jobs in Texas pay the minimum wage. But those figures represent all workers, not just the new jobs, for which data are unavailable. And that does not account for low-wage jobs that may be barely above the minimum wage. 51% of all Texas workers make less than $33,000 a year. Only 30% make more than $50,000 a year. Nationally, Texas ranked 34th in median household income from 2007 to 2009. About 9.5% of Texas hourly workers, excluding those who are paid salaries, earn the minimum wage or less, tying Mississippi for the highest percentage in the nation.
Source: AP FactCheck on 2011 GOP debate in Simi Valley CA Sep 7, 2011

On Jobs: FactCheck: Jobs grew faster in TX under Perry’s predecessors
[We fact-checked this exchange from the debate]:

PERRY: Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt.

ROMNEY: Well, as a matter of fact, George Bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you did, governor.

PERRY: That’s not correct.

ROMNEY: Yes, that is correct.

THE FACTS: Romney was correct. Romney accurately stated that George W. Bush—even without his predecessor—saw jobs grow at a faster rate during his 1994-2000 years as governor than Perry has during his 11 years governing Texas. Employment grew by about 1.32 million during Bush’s six years in office. Employment during Perry’s years has grown about 1.2 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: AP FactCheck on 2011 GOP debate in Simi Valley CA Sep 7, 2011

On Jobs: FactCheck: Texas job growth is strong, but pre-dated Perry
Perry says Texas accounted for 48% of jobs created after recession’s end, in an interview with Glenn Beck.

We recognize that job-gain boasts can overreach. An example: Perry’s 2009 claim that about 70% of the jobs created in the US from November 2007-0 were in Texas. That was based on statistics from the 14 states in which job gains outnumbered job losses, and disregarded any jobs created in the other 36 states.

Perry got his new figures from the Dallas Federal Reserve, who subtracted the number of Texas jobs in June 2009 (10,287,000) from the jobs as of April 2011 (10,524,000) and determining the 237,000 increase accounted for 48% of the 496,000 jobs gained nationally over that period.

However, the Texas economy has been roaring since 1990, long before Perry became governor, including phenomenal job growth.

The strength of the Texas economy, compared to many other states, isn’t in dispute. However, there are many ways to slice and dice employment statistics. Mark Perry’s statement Half True.
Source: FactCheck on 2011 Presidential primary by PolitiFact.com Jun 14, 2011

[Smokin' Joe]

Western Montana is largely populated by liberals--think Ted Turner, and the Hollywood invasion up by Flathead Lake. Yes, there is environmental opposition to development there.

Eastern Montana, over to the central 'oil belt' is a different world from the west. We developed Elm Coulee and doubled the oil production in Montana within a few years.

The biggest problems with relocating large manufacturing facillities to the state is that it is far from a deepwater port, which Texas has plenty of. It also has some pretty hostile weather (Eastern Montana has similar winters to us here in North Dakota), and the cost of heating a manufacturing plant can be a major expense.

Much of the oilfield manufacturing which is impacted by activity here already exists in Texas, so why reinvent the wheel? The trucking industry has done swimmingly well hauling all that equipment from mud motors to drill pipe, to casing, liners, and wellheads from the south to the Williston Basin (more jobs).

My point is that in the oil patch, activity in one place impacts manufacturing in another--in this case, drilling in North Dakota and Montana has affected Texas industry--for the better.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

http://www.nationalreview.com/exchequer/274695/paul-krugman-still-wrong-about-texas

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/279607/cis-and-texas-immigrant-job-myth-chuck-devore

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[snip]……Texas had a conservative government before Perry, and it will have one after he leaves. The question is, how much credit—and blame—does the governor deserve for Texas’ record during his 10 years in office? The Lone Star State has traditionally had a weak chief executive, although most analysts say that Perry’s long tenure and unbeaten string of political successes (his triumph over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in last year’s GOP gubernatorial primary being the most recent) have made him a force in state politics. His influence was never bigger, perhaps, than in the last round of budget negotiations, when the state, which approves budgets biannually, faced the aforementioned $27 billion deficit.

Buoyed by a wave of new, tea party-inspired legislators, Perry not only didn’t raise taxes but left billions of dollars in the state’s rainy-day fund, too. He also helped cut more than 5,000 state-government jobs. All in all, he was able to gouge government spending the way many Republicans in Washington can only dream of. Perry’s bulldog approach has been the highlight of his tenure, said Heflin: “That’s been his trademark—to provide leadership to say, ‘Certain bills that reach my desk are going to be vetoed if they get beyond our ability to pay.’ ” Others have more doubts about Perry’s impact, even if they don’t doubt that he’ll be able to take credit for Texas’s success. Miller compared him to the manager of a talented baseball team. “Texas has done well under him, and he can claim some sign gains vis-à-vis the rest of nation,” the GOP lobbyist said. “But he’s still managing the New York Yankees. He took over an economic engine that’s historically quite strong.”

Even if the real story is more complicated, Perry argues that his record validates the GOP argument that less government spending spurs job creation—a belief that has dominated conservative economic thinking since the recession. That’s a potent message in a Republican primary where voters are hungry for a business-savvy candidate who can revitalize the economy. His state’s bottom-line job numbers may also encourage moderate Republicans, while his limited-government philosophy will appeal to tea partiers and other activists on the GOP’s right flank.

Perry might also present the clearest contrast with President Obama. Unlike Romney, Perry didn’t pass a health care bill that included an individual mandate and that was designed in part (along with cost reduction) to reduce the ranks of uninsured residents. Unlike two other credible challengers for the GOP nomination, former Govs. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Jon Huntsman of Utah, Perry didn’t support legislation to curb climate change. (Pawlenty has openly called his past support of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions a “clunker.”) Conservatives who demand purity in their GOP candidates might have their man in Perry. And unlike other conservative favorites, such as Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., or Alaska ex-Gov. Sarah Palin, Perry can point to actual results.

The real danger for Romney isn’t just Perry’s economic record—it’s that he can pair it with a pitch to social conservatives. The Texas governor, an evangelical, has already spoken openly about the importance of religion in his life and in government, calling for governors from the other 49 states to join him in Houston to pray for the country. It’s a message that might turn off some moderates, but Perry’s economic chops could put the minds of some others at ease.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-truth-on-rick-perry-s-texas-record-20110804

[Just mythoughts]

Drill for oil on American land because we have abundant resources, and reduce Govt regulations on the Energy Sector... Help me, and educate me here... ISN'T THIS -- WORD FOR WORD -- WHAT SARAH PALIN HAS BEEN SAYING FOR FOUR YEARS NOW?? By what stretch of the imagination is Rick Perry "Unveiling" a "Plan"??? You're giving Rick Perry kudos for repeating what Sarah Palin has been saying for years and years?

I think Hollywood the beauty of the beast of liberalism pretty much 'neutered' oilmen after the tv show Dallas of the 1980's... Sarah is the first person on the political stage since then that had the mind and spine to call for 'drill -baby- drill' and the lords and ladies of the Republican party hung their heads in shame and snorted all manner of vile utterances against her for NOT being their kind of candidate. I personally would like to see this bunch be forced to use horse and buggies. Guess what, Hollywood is bringing back Dallas come next October.... surprise, surprise, surprise!!!!

Sadly, we the American people are more concerned in acceptable images than protecting our land in freedom and liberty... And you watch, there will be this DEMAND and expectation that Sarah come and HELP another 'man' dreaming his dream to set up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.... There is nothing new under the sun.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Energy independence is good for the country, economically and security-wise — I believe we agree on this.

[Irenic]

Here’s an old 2006 op-ed from Perry, I think it is pretty good. It was when he was fighting the enviro-weenies over his EO to expedite the permit process for new coal electricity facilities. He was a bit ticked off. :p

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10327/

[Fresh Wind]

In excerpts of his speech released by his campaign, Perry will say his plan can largely be carried out through a series of executive orders without requiring congressional approval.

Hmmmm. Obama has been advocating exactly the same tactic lately to get his jobs plan in place. If it's wrong for Obama to bypass congress, how can it be right for Perry to do the same thing?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thanks for the link! He set them straight about how much Texas produces vs how much Texas pollutes!

Texas will never be "clean" enough for LIBERALS -- or be "smart" enough -- or "successful" enough -- or as refined as they are.

[Irenic]

Will he end the insane practice of farmer subsidies to grow corn juice to fuel modern transportation??? OR federal subsidies for the ‘sugar’ daddies??? See Perry has an ag background and I do NOT anticipate he will be messing with that support group’s gravy train.
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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on EPA Denial of Texas’ RFS Waiver Request
Thursday, August 07, 2008 • Austin, Texas • Press Release

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to deny Texas’ request for a 50 percent waiver from the grain-based Renewable Fuels Standard:

“I am greatly disappointed with the EPA’s inability to look past the good intentions of this policy to see the significant harm it is doing to farmers, ranchers and American households. For the EPA to assert that this federal mandate is not affecting food prices not only goes against common sense, but every American’s grocery bill.

“Denying Texas’ request is a mistake that will only increase the already-heavy financial burden on families while doing even more harm to the livestock industry. Good intentions and laudable goals are small compensation to the families, farmers and ranchers who are being hurt by the federal government’s efforts to trade food for fuel. Any government mandate that artificially props-up a single industry to the detriment of millions of Americans is bad public policy.

“Congress specifically created an emergency waiver provision for situations like these and EPA refuses to implement it.”
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/10734/

[tobyhill]

This ticks me off being he only comes out with this after he bombs the debates.

Next 21 debates, all he has to say is “end Obama regulations” and “drill”.

Tell the American people that it will end our reliance on countries that hate us and our economy will skyrocket.

Let people know that we can still use private industry to R&D “Green Energy” but there will be no Government “loans”.

[mazda77]

Spot on. This and the immigration issue is why I cannot support Perry in the Primary. If for some reason he manages to pull off a miracle, I will go to the polls in 2012 with my clothespin. Same goes for Romney.

[Irenic]

I think Perry isn’t much of a talker, he is just a plain old doer.

[Recon Dad]

Energy independence is good for the country, economically and security-wise — I believe we agree on this

.......but there has to be more than just “drill baby drill”

....and if so could he share it with us.