Posted on 11/13/2014 8:08:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Rick Perry ascended from Lieutenant Governor to Governor of Texas in December 2000 when then-governor George Bush resigned after being elected the 43rd President of the United States. Perry will retire in January with the tenth longest gubernatorial tenure in U.S. history. Perry made job creation one of his principle mantras, and he has overseen remarkable employment gains under his watch with 2.1 million jobs added during his tenure. The total represents 30% of the jobs added in the U.S. since 2000 and more than twice as many as any other state.
The so-called “Texas miracle” does not show any signs of slowing either with 413,000 jobs added over the last 12 months. Texas is expected to have the nation’s fastest annual job growth rate at 2.7% over the next five years, according to data from Moody’s Analytics.
Texas has low taxes and light regulation, but Perry’s record also has benefited from the headwinds at his back regarding energy. Oil prices hovered around $30 a barrel between 1986 and 2002 before a stunning climb that peaked at $145 in 2008. Prices plummeted during the Great Recession and over the past month, but oil is still trading around $80 a barrel....
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I’d love to live there but the bugs and heat keep me away (illegals don’t help either).
We need to lower the cost of government and the cost of doing business in this country.
Not if obama, mcconnel and boner have anything to say about it; just give those America f\/ckers time. They think law breakers are their new political party BFF’s. Meanwhile they are too f’ing stupid to realize they have legislated the white and black race out of existence. Once their “brown” friends win their seats it will be no bueno for them; not even a benefit; nada; the damn political whores.
The older I’ve gotten the less I tolerate the heat :) And the bugs? Well they can be killed. I don’t have to deal with a lot of bugs other than the mosquitoes during the summer. It’s all manageable.
The illegals, now that’s a problem.
Texas is looking a lot like California did back when it had Ronald Reagan for governor.
How can this be? Hillary said businesses don’t make jobs.
The heat is bearable and isn’t year-round, plus everything is air-conditioned and shaded (example: car dealerships). I’ve never had a problem with bugs here any more than anyplace else I’ve been. My neighborhood is probably 75-80% Hispanic and I have zero problems from them. As a matter of fact, my next door neighbor mows my lawn for next to nothing and helps me when I can’t carry something in by myself and just sold us the cutest little Schnauzer puppy. They occasionally have birthday parties, fiestas and Quinceañeras, but they aren’t very loud and don’t bother others. Maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve never had problems at other places I’ve lived in Texas. But don’t get me started with the apartment building we lived in in Biloxi and another ethnic group who were the majority there.
I heard they’ve been finding these ants down there that get into electronics, which is REALLY weird.
Haven’t encountered that, thank goodness. Red ants are my biggest issue.
... and Forbes just said Utah is the most business friendly state.
But that didn't end well. Will it be different for Texas?
Retired in Blue Hawaii, but all in all, I wouldn’t want to be anyplace else.
Difference being that Texans love their state and won’t roll over. California was/is known for being laid back. They rolled over — not everyone of course, but enough people did.....Hispanic population here is also a lot more acculturated/Texanized than that in California.
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