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Sweet Revenge wrote:
HoustonGuy wrote:
Yes and Texas is one of the most financially stable… Thanks W.! Perry is a fuckwad though.
Curious as to why you say Perry is a fuckwad. I’m starting to like the guy…in comparison to everyone else in the field anyway.
Well he is a charismatic fuckwad with excellent hair but he sucks ass.
Just research his actions as governer.
In a nutshell,
#1 Rick Perry is a “big government” politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a “track record” of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year…
â?¢ â??We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
â?¢ â??We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
â?¢ â??We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”
http://endoftheamericandream.c…
Now, some of these stats need explanation. Our education record and the number of minimum wage workers directly reflect Texas’ large population of illegal immigrants whose children are placed in classes at school based on age rather than aptitude, which ties in to his soft action on illegal immigration…
Basically he is a big spending sell out with his supporters interests in mind over his constituents. He talks a good game but he is a typical political asshole.
Believe it or not, Bush was a great governer. Perry is still riding the fruits of Bush’s legacy, our next governer will inherit Perry’s shit pile unfortunately.
Well, thanks for the detailed reply, but that really sucks! NOW, who am I going to support!? Seriously though, a few things that jump out at me before I go to work…and I am not trying to defend the guy…
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When quoting money comparisons, inflation and population
growth should be taken into consideration
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The education and wages stats are abysmal. I thought Texas
had a good public education. But like you said…the
immigration problem factors into both those.
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The Gardasil vaccine and Trans-Texas Corridor seem to be
his biggest mistakes. What was he thinking?
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Compared to the rest of the country…Texas is in pretty
good shape.
I ordered his book ‘Fed Up’ just to see what the guy is about. Hasn’t been delivered yet.
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…#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year…
That’s all I needed to hear right there.
Yep. Frankly I’m shocked Texans keep him in the Governers Mansion. I think it must be all the carpet baggers following our oil and manufacturing jobs.
Please, and I do lean right, do NOT vote for this guy. He is a super ass in elephant clothing.
even when I was a dem voter I could not support Gore. That guy and his wife led the biggest censorship campaign of my life time. “Parental Advisory” anyone? I cannot fathom supporting someone who supported him in light of that!
I’d swear Gore and John Edwards are brothers from different mothers. I’ve never seen two, sleazier, more transparent, disingenuous political cocksuckers in all my days.
You got to add their triplet John “reporting for duty” Kerry into the mix he came into my store one day and I had to go scrub the slime from the walls for a week
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Sweet Revenge wrote:
HoustonGuy wrote:
Sweet Revenge wrote:
HoustonGuy wrote:
Yes and Texas is one of the most financially stable… Thanks W.! Perry is a fuckwad though.
Curious as to why you say Perry is a fuckwad. I’m starting to like the guy…in comparison to everyone else in the field anyway.
Well he is a charismatic fuckwad with excellent hair but he sucks ass.
Just research his actions as governer.
In a nutshell,
#1 Rick Perry is a “big government” politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a “track record” of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year…
�¢?�¢ �¢??We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
�¢?�¢ �¢??We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
�¢?�¢ �¢??We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”
http://endoftheamericandream.c…
Now, some of these stats need explanation. Our education record and the number of minimum wage workers directly reflect Texas’ large population of illegal immigrants whose children are placed in classes at school based on age rather than aptitude, which ties in to his soft action on illegal immigration…
Basically he is a big spending sell out with his supporters interests in mind over his constituents. He talks a good game but he is a typical political asshole.
Believe it or not, Bush was a great governer. Perry is still riding the fruits of Bush’s legacy, our next governer will inherit Perry’s shit pile unfortunately.
Well, thanks for the detailed reply, but that really sucks! NOW, who am I going to support!? Seriously though, a few things that jump out at me before I go to work…and I am not trying to defend the guy…
-
When quoting money comparisons, inflation and population
growth should be taken into consideration
-
The education and wages stats are abysmal. I thought Texas
had a good public education. But like you said…the
immigration problem factors into both those.
-
The Gardasil vaccine and Trans-Texas Corridor seem to be
his biggest mistakes. What was he thinking?
-
Compared to the rest of the country…Texas is in pretty
good shape.
I ordered his book ‘Fed Up’ just to see what the guy is about. Hasn’t been delivered yet.
I googled Perry to quickly cut and paste a contrite reply and unfortunately pulled from a left wing site who doesn’t fully disclose the circumstances around the stats provided, typical propaganda. However, the talking points are valid, you may research details but I will answer your questions off the top of my head.
- Yes, this is true. Texas has one of the lowest costs of living of any state. I was surprised to read about this tidbit, and research to validate the numbers may be necessary. Our population is exploding. Redneck, cowboy, steer and queer jokes aside, we are the Energy Capitol of the world, fuck Saudi Arabia. They have the oil but Texas companies have the resources to drill it and they do at an exhorbitant price.
The oil industry attracts engineers, physicists, chemists and a multitude of other scientists plus the typical skilled labor you find in industrial settings. We are a “brain drain” and attract the best and brightest from all over the world, plus our own home grown folks. UT, A&M, Rice, TCU, Texas Tech… all Tier One schools. Not only are many, many oilfield workers dispatched from Texas to rigs world wide, Houston especially and Texas in general is home to gaggles of Oil and other industry HQ’s. In fact Texas and California are tied for the most Fortune 500 company HQ’s in the US. This means we have the usual administrative staffs, IT depts., accountants et cetera too.
Our Medical industry is world renowned as well, specifically Houston. Doctors, Surgeons… My point is that our economy is grounded on oil and the petro-dollar as well as health care. We are not going any where but up any time soon.
Unfortunately, neither are our taxes thanks to Perry.
- If you seperated test scores and graduation rates by immigrants and natural born Texans, our education ranking would shoot way up. But we don’t. Immigrant children are placed in class based on age, not aptitude and many don’t care to catch up. They are content to drop out as soon as legally possible and join their uncles painting company to bring money in to the family. It is a real mentality that shadows our public school system. We do have excellent districts and students though, many of whom attend the aforementioned universities and then go on to fill the oil, medical and other roles.
Perry also cut spending by reducing education expenses by millions state wide. Teachers lost their jobs, class sizes more than doubled, resources are now in short supply… our education system is in for an actual blow at the rate it is going. It won’t be just the immigrants bringing our scores down.
3.Yes, the vaccine and corridor are ridiculous. Perry would be another NAFTA/Globalization president. He is selling Texas roads to Saudi Arabia. Lets not give him the rest of the US. It’s bad enough the cartels control our oil market (although not the production methods), lets not give them our infrastructure too.
- Yes, Texas is in pretty good shape. Bush, coupled with nearly bullet proof industries, put us here. Perry has a very looong rope to hang himself with in Texas. Put him in the Whitehouse during times like these and fall on your sword because the end is near, or at least highly accelerated.