Texas still has 10 million unemployed people and a 9% unemployment rate - I don't think Perry has performed an economic miracle.
Most of the recent jobs that have boosted their figures are low paying and IMO are caused more by population growth than Perry's policies.
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Agreed - I would say that job growth wouldn't have been much different here whoever was in the governor's mansion. It is TX. We have oil & gas and coastal ports and don’t forget our cheap labor.
Before Perry was at the helm, taxes were already being kept relatively low. He has kept the status quo on fighting regulation at the expense of the environment. He would have to show how he could do more than maintain status quo for the country if he were to be president, because he wouldn’t be walking into such a convenient senerio.
And maybe he can! BUT he can’t take too much credit for it here. He just rode it out so to speak.
What he has/is doing to education and social services are nothing to be proud of imo. And I'm not on the same wavelength with him on LGBT issues or requiring sonograms before abortions or trying to force girls to get vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. He was lobbied to do this by the company that made the vaccine. My daughter was around the age that would have had to do this if leveler heads hadn't prevailed. This kind of stuff is overreach.
I think he would be another shoot from the hip, feel it in the gut, pray on it type of president as opposed to gathering consensus from experts and taking a more nuanced approach. This may be fine with some people but not what I would prefer.
edit: This probably needs a new thread.
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