This is a legitimate question to ask. The question is whether the main stream media will examine the Perry record independently or will they be lazy and simply recite Perry’s talking points. Texas cut fire department funding by 75 percent this year Posted on 09.6.11 By David Edwards Categories: Featured, Nation Under Gov. Rick Perry […]
Gov. Rick Perry – China Loves Him–Should Working Americans?
If we could just get Americans to read instead of simply listening to messages pushed by our Plutocrats over their radio stations and television stations just maybe Americans will finally force politicians to pass laws that ensures the middle and working class can get back to work. Electing Rick Perry, Bush 2.0 on steroids is […]
TX Gov Rick Perry For President. Really? – Short-sighted cuts costly to poor in Texas
Short-sighted cuts costly to poor By STATE SEN. RODNEY ELLIS and STATE REP. SYLVESTER TURNER Houston Chronicle Op Ed August 30, 2011 Last session, the Texas Legislature faced a record $27 billion budget shortfall. As was widely reported, those in charge chose to respond to this shortfall with dramatic cuts to education, health care and […]
Texas GoV Perry Is Directly Responsible For The $27Billion STate Deficit Yet Still Get Positive Press
Republicans warned Texas Governor Perry that his reduction of property taxes in exchange of a margin tax would not raise the loss revenue from the reduction in property taxes. Additionally Democrats warned him as well. Perry still used his influence to force the reduction in property taxes and with that created an ongoing structural deficit […]
Rick Perry Is An Idiot–Says Reagan/Bush Advisor
The proof positive that we are in real financial trouble is indicated by intelligent Republicans attacking the nonsense emanating from the delusional Republicans. Usually the intelligent Republicans allow the delusional ones to spew their misinformation because they can continue to get elected with minimal policy damage to their constituency, the plutocrats. Interesting enough the world […]
REPORT: Texas Ranks Dead Last In Total Job Creation, Accounting For Labor Force Growth
Data for this post was compiled by Matt Separa, Research Assistant with the Economic Policy Team at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. By ThinkProgress on Aug 17, 2011 at 9:45 am Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), since he launched his presidential campaign on Saturday, has paraded around the stat that “since June of […]
Texas Job Miracle An Ode To Keynesian Economics–It Works! His Job Creation Came From Government
(Jarad Bernstein, via BLS data) Will the mainstream media report this chart? It turns out that as reported at TPM Rick Perry’s Texas Job miracle is nothing more than the successful implementation of Keynesian economics. The chart above shows it all. Inasmuch as Texas is a low wage state, a low regulation state, and a […]
Alternet: 21 Reasons Rick Perry’s Texas Is a Complete Disaster
21 Reasons Rick Perry’s Texas Is a Complete Disaster August 15, 2011 | AlterNet / By Joshua Holland Rick Perry’s road to the White House will be paved with spin and blatant lies of omission. He’s basing his entire campaign on a single data-point: Texas, with 10 percent of the country’s population, has produced […]
Texas Is The China Of America By Texas Gov Rick Perry. Now He Wants To Make America China
The Texas miracle is nothing but a mirage. Governor Perry of Texas is a lifelong politician that has been supported by taxpayer dollars for most of his productive working life. In these times where he is forcing austerity in Texas as well as passing middle class crushing policies he lives in a luxurious private mansion […]
Rick Perry Lives In A Private Super Luxurious Mansion Paid for By Taxpayers. He Gets Welfare As He Fires Teachers.
Rick Perry has perfect hear. Rick Perry has a perfect smile. Rick Perry has the perfect mansion. Rick Perry has perfect teeth. Rick Perry does it all with our tax dollar. He gets more government money than every American welfare recipient. It is funny that he wants everyone to cutback. He has forced passage of […]