I’ll be interested to see if Perry signs it without alot of bs. I like Rick Perry or rather I like alot of the things I’ve heard but cannot understand how he could be for something like this. Hopefully he’s had a change of heart since the inception of the idea.
You can't understand how he can be for something like this???
Seriously? The deals that Perry was trying to make with that Spanish company that would last 50+ years and involve over $100 billion dollars, including a no-bid $1 billion plus contract given to the Spanish company, that Perry was trying to keep secret from the taxpayers didn't set off alarm bells in your head? The fact that some of Perry's good buddies, including Giuliani and others were benefiting from the TTC didn't make you pause for a moment?
One of Perry's main aides helping to secure the TTC contracts while an employee of the state and then turning around and taking a job with the main TTC contractor didn't make you wonder if something fishy was going on?
He was talking about it
back in 2001:
With Texas serving as the Gateway to Mexico, it is time that we receive congressional funding that reflects the instrumental role our state plays as a port of entry. With a Texan in the White House, I believe there is no greater opportunity to end the funding discrimination that crippled Texas infrastructure under the previous administration. Good infrastructure is essential to the free flow of commerce. It is a matter of economic fact that free trade lifts the tide for all the boats in the harbor. U.S. trade with Mexico has increased by 500% since 1994. Exports and imports between Texas and Mexico now exceed $100 billion dollars annually. Thousands of jobs have been created for Texas and Mexican workers, confirming the indisputable fact that trade with Mexico is big business for Texas.
The fruits of NAFTA have just begun to ripen. At the same time, we must not allow the roots of the tree to become poisoned. The NAFTA agreement not only signaled a new era of economic possibility, but a new era of bi-national cooperation. That is why it is wrong, and inherently detrimental to our relationship with Mexico for the U.S. Congress to pursue a protectionist policy that forbids Mexican trucks from U.S. roadways. It is bad public policy, and it violates the terms of the NAFTA agreement we agreed to. Mexican trucks that meet our safety standards should be given the same access to U.S. roads as our Canadian neighbors to the north.
As you can tell from Perry's words above, this was not some fluke, it's been a major cornerstone of his policy as governor since he took office. He didn't go to the Bilderberger meeting or get chummy with one Mexican and Canadian official after another just to see this thing disappear.
If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to use the signing to twist his role in this into something else that would make the Tea Party happy, and to try and draw our attention away from TxDOT doing something else.
With Obama reviving the SPP, Perry now has Obama on his team, even if they act like they don't like each other. Perry will not pass up Obama reviving the SPP, that's too good of an opportunity.
The thing that scares me is that if Perry were to run and somehow win the Presidency, can you imagine how easily he could push National SuperCorridor down our throats with the bribed RINOs and Dims in Congress? He would not pass up that opportunity, he's been wanting a major corridor for a decade now.