I stole this from the Seattle Times opinion blog.. a Perry-crusher for the low information folks.

[Bigmack]

Most folks only hear the numbers from Faux news on Perry so here are some numbers Perry definitely would like to remain hidden (taken from his own legislature);

Here are a few statistics compiled by Texas’s own legislative study group from the Texas House ranking the fifty (50) states and where Texas ranks:


— Tax expenditures per capita (47th)
— Percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma (50th)
— Percent of poor people covered by Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of population with employer-based health insurance (48th)
— Per capita spending on mental health (50th)
— Per capita spending on Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of non-elderly women with health insurance (50th)
— Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester (50th)
— Average credit score (49th)
— Workers' compensation coverage (50th)
— Number of executions (1st)
— Public school enrollment (2nd)
— Percent of uninsured children (1st)
— Percent of children living in poverty (4th)
— Percent of population uninsured (1st)
— PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVING BELOW POVERTY (4TH)
— Percent of population with food insecurity (2nd)
— Overall birth rate (2nd)
— Amount of carbon dioxide emissions (1st)
— Amount of toxic chemicals released into water (1st)
— Amount of hazardous waste generated (1st)

taken from:

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/texas-legislat

Perry wants to repeat these same numbers in every state in America. He would make a great Idi Amin but most Americans don't want to be a banana republic ruled by a power hungry despot.

Just some facts to consider......

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Interesting that you should mention banana republics.

It is true that Americans do not want the US to become a banana republic and do not want to be ruled by a power hungry despot, but I see the majority of Americans being ignored and I see a few power hungry despots weilding all the power.

The statistics you cite are devastating. I hope this information comes out, but some things are best left as weapons for later in the election process. This information may be good to hold onto.

[treestar]

2. That's some good info

Rec'd.

[pnorman]

3. That link is NG, but this one contains the same info:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/17/946121/-Texas-Will-Lead-the-Nation-

[Bigmack]

7. Damn... I actually saw the page. They must have pulled it today! nt

[ibegurpard]

4. some of those statistics would be held up as a badge of honor

by the anti-government radicals.

[LiberalFighter]

5. I wonder how Texas residents can be proud of their state?

They have the most residents without a high school diploma.

They probably don't see the evidence of their crappy government because the state is so big.

[jmowreader]

6. Texas' marketing slogan used to be "it's like a whole other country"

Under Goodhair Perry, that whole other country seems to be the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

http://www.therichest.org/world/poorest-countries-in-the-world/

"Congo is also one of the last places on earth with tribes of cannibals. A Mbuti pygmy testified before the UN that their people were hunted down and eaten like animals by neighboring tribes. Eating other people is a way to survive the famines that are affecting about 67 percent of the population. Congo is also believed to be the worst place in the world for women--it has the most rapes per woman in a year. Locals believe that sleeping with a virgin girl will cure AIDS."

Then there's Zimbabwe: 87 sextillion percent inflation. In August 2008, the government removed 10 zeroes from every bank note, because they wouldn't fit. This is a country that issued a $100 trillion bill. Remember the money in Idiocracy? This is worse.

Believe it or not, Somalia is only number 5 on the list of 10 Nations Texas Wants To Be Like.