Light bulb.
That doesn't address Texas' ty job or school performance, nor its competiveness.
Sorry.
You want to claim that Texas is the shining city on the hill, with a Republican supermajority in the legislature and a Republican governor that somehow got socked with a 27bn budget up among the least of its problems.
Thing is that the underinvestment in infrastructure and education don't show up for years.
Wait till the first few businesses start moving because they can't attract decent employees.
If you want to believe that there are no jobs here other than fast food, I guess that's your right.
Maher trashing Perry's bull praying "solutions"
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/...rent-gop-field
Texas Republicans To Perry: Stop Lying About Preserving Our Rainy Day Fund
“We’ve got to get the message right. There’s been a lot of misinformation out there that there’s $6 billion in the fund that’s not been used. It’s been used,” said Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock and no relation to the governor. [...]
Lawmakers have already drawn down $3.1 billion of the fund’s roughly $9.5 billion reserve to cover a deficit in the current budget. Then, to make the 2012-2013 budget balance, the state’s projected share of expected Medicaid costs is underfunded by $4.8 billion — for many, a conservative estimate.
That means when lawmakers come back in two years — and without a change in federal law diminishing the state’s obligation to Medicaid or an increase in Rainy Day revenue from an improved economy — they will need most of the remaining $6 billion to pay another past due bill.
“Effectively they’ve used it,” said Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...ainy-day-fund/
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Like UCA, TX has a Repug-tax-cut-policy driven revenue problem, not a runaway (Repug) govt spending problem.
Texas' Low Tax Policies Are Not Working As Well As Beck Claims
Beck hyped Texas' economy, stating that Forbes "did an interesting analysis of the debt of every state, and they found that Texas has the fourth best situation in the entire country."
Beck then lauded Texas for its low taxes, its recent AA+ bond rating from Standard and Poor (S&P) and its record on job creation. But he failed to note that that S&P has stated that Texas' "underperforming business tax" will make it "unlikely" for the state "to receive the top AAA rating." He also did not note that it is really minimum wage jobs that are "sharply on the rise" in the state.
S&P analysts praised Texas for strong cash-management practices. However, the rating agency warned that the current budget crisis and future demands to pay for public schools could create problems later.
S&P said Texas was unlikely to receive the top AAA rating because lawmakers have not addressed a structural deficit created by an underperforming business tax. The business tax was changed in 2006 and it has failed to meet expected revenue targets ever since.
he did not mention the fact that Texas took money from Obama's stimulus plan.
"[w]hile employment in Texas has been slightly more plentiful than in other states during the recession, the number of the lowest-paying jobs has also risen sharply in Texas." The Independent went on to state: "From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000, an increase of nearly 150 percent."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011062...County+Fair%29
The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed page hasn't had a liberal article in the past year it seems.
FWIW.......
Forbes: Next Big Boom Towns in the U.S.
Austin #1
San Antonio #4
Houston #5
Dallas #7
Everyone's relocating here for the minimum wage jobs.
They're relocating here for a chance to subsidize F1 racing.
stopped reading here.
I didn't know boutons was blogging for the Dallas Observer.
They're not just ty jobs -- they're exceptionally ty.
All the drugs might have some effect on Texas.
Something stinks about this " ty jobs" argument. I can say, from personal experience, that SA is booming. For every single job in the white collar sector, there probably are two or three min wage jobs created. The white collar people need a place to eat, do their laundry, landscaping, etc. Nature of the beast, if you ask me.
I bet Perry is willing to put Texas' record next to Obama's natl record.
Texas, specially the southern part, is reaping the benefits of the booming US-Mexico trade.
Eagle Ford Shale
HOUSTON -- Numerous sources within HPD's Helicopter Unit say they are upset because the department's fuel budget was just cut by 75 percent.
And now the choppers, which are used for public safety, are just sitting on the ground for most of the day.
"I have received information today that the helicopters have been reduced from about 20-plus hours in the air to about 3 hours in the air per day. That is unacceptable," City Council Member C.O. Bradford said.
Bradford knows a lot about the fleet. He spent 24 years with HPD and for seven years he was the police chief.
"We have about a dozen helicopters sitting out there costing about a million dollars each and they are new. These helicopters are probably two years of age or less. We cannot afford to have those helicopters, and all of the technology inside those helicopters sitting on the ground," Bradford said.
KHOU 11 News confirmed Monday that a new Bell 412 helicopter, purchased by the federal government for HPD, will arrive soon.
When it gets here, sources inside HPD said mechanics will drain all of its fluids and store it in a hangar. It will not be used.
"You can bet I will be calling the police chief, asking the mayor to do what we can do in this city to get that safety tool back in the air," Bradford said.
Even though HPD's budget has been cut by $40 million, Bradford and Houston City Council Member James Rodriguez say the helicopter cuts are a concern because it affects public safety.
"We need to find the resources in this city to get those helicopters back into the air," Bradford said.
http://www.khou.com/news/HPD-helicop...125791023.html
shining example
Yes. The Houston Police Department's decision to cut their helicopter's fuel budget as a result of cuts enforced on it by the City of Houston reflects very badly on the State of Texas.
"SA is booming" like Austin, because both cities are floating in govt/socialist $Bs from state, federal, military, civil service.
I thought Texas' economy was booming.. so does Goodhair own the Texas economy or not?
Booming? No. Better than most? Yes.
Own? No. Get to take credit for? Yes.so does Goodhair own the Texas economy or not?
WTF do they need 12 helicopters for? Those bas s cost $500+ and hour to run just for fuel and maintenance not counting personnel to fly them.
I'd say from a cost/benefit standpoint it was a good decision.
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