Texas economy leaves many behind

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State leaders like to brag about Texas' fast growing economy and low unemployment, but rarely do they mention the high poverty rate and so far they don't appear inclined to pass any new laws to deal with it.

The unemployment rate and the creation of new jobs are the statistics most often cited by Gov. Rick Perry to brag on Texas, and unemployment is among the lowest in the country at 6.2 percent. That's well below the national average of 7.7 percent.

Perry also uses the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Emerging Technology Funds to encourage employers to relocate to Texas and create new jobs in the state, adding hundreds of jobs every year.

Employment, though, is not the only measure of economic prosperity. There is the question of quality of life.

More at http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-economy-leaves-many-behind-4155515.php

[BanTheGOP]

1. A horrible, horrible state: Racist, sexist, and biased to the corer

When a state has republicans represssionists across the board, they can put out any shit statistic they want to "lower" unemployment, but the bottom line is this:

"The number of Texans living in poverty rose for a third consecutive year in 2011, adding more than 214,000 people to total 4.6 million. That's 18.5 percent of the population, 3 percent higher than the nation as a whole, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By comparison, New Hampshire had the lowest proportion of people living in poverty, with 8.8 percent, and Mississippi the highest, 22.6 percent."

THIS is EXACTLY what the rethugs want: a non-existent middle class and a permanent divide between the haves and the have nots. Note that the other rednect paradise, Mississippi, awash in GOP/nazi/confederacy moonshine yahoos, has the highest rate of despondency.

UNTIL we ban the GOP, this will keep continuing. It MUST be destroyed as soon as possible, and thank god this year we've finally gone over the hump to finally eliminate it from a federal standpoint. We will take on these racist GOP bastards in these backward states until we have eliminated the threat and foster progressive inclusion throughout the land, and ultimately the planet.

[onestepforward]

2. "Texas has the highest number of uninsured citizens."

and Perry is rejecting 'Obamacare.' Go figure.

Our best hope is that the hospital districts can put enough pressure on Perry to make him change his position.

[hobbit709]

3. Many? Try most.