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Rasmussen: Rick Perry now up 11 points on GOP field

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You raised the issue of unemployment and asked me about the unemployment percentage in TX vs NY. It does appear that you don't even know what you are posting

It's hard to kick a field goal when the goal posts keep moving all over the field.

I went to BLS.gov, and this is what I found:

#16--Massachusetts: 7.6% unemployed
#23--New York: 8.0% unemployed
#27--Texas: 8.4% unemployed

which coincides with what Politifact says:

Your question is logically equivalent to, "Where is the proof that elves/fairies/unicorns don't exist?" You can't prove a negative. Stop shifting the burden of proof.

PolitiFact | One in four Texans lack health insurance

"In June 2011, the Texas unemployment rate was 8.2 percent. That was less than unemployment in collapsed-bubble states like California and Florida, but it was slightly higher than the unemployment rate in New York, and significantly higher than the rate in Massachusetts. By the way, one in four Texans lacks health insurance, the highest proportion in the nation, thanks largely to the state’s small-government approach. Meanwhile, Massachusetts has near-universal coverage thanks to health reform very similar to the 'job-killing' Affordable Care Act."

How come Texas has a higher unemployment rate than New York and especially Massachusetts?

Isn't it just another opinion that “those who are getting rich are doing so on the backs of poor, uninsured Texans”?


As if you are making more sense. lol

Trolling usually takes place when one is losing a debate and has nowhere else to turn.
 
It's hard to kick a field goal when the goal posts keep moving all over the field.

I went to BLS.gov, and this is what I found:

#16--Massachusetts: 7.6% unemployed
#23--New York: 8.0% unemployed
#27--Texas: 8.4% unemployed

which coincides with what Politifact says:





Trolling usually takes place when one is losing a debate and has nowhere else to turn.

Get someone to read what I posted, explained them both. You apparently don't have the ability to remember what you posted or the responses received.
 
Texas has the highest rate of unplanned pregnancy in the nation. That's why it's population is so high

If conservative didn't make stuff up, they'd have nothing to say

Well I don't know if I'd go THAT far :D but it does contribute. So does immigration, though, both from other nations and other states. Don't have the numbers off the top of my head, though.
 
Get someone to read what I posted, explained them both. You apparently don't have the ability to remember what you posted or the responses received.

Get someone to read what I posted, explained them both. You apparently havent respondedo what was posted or the responses received.
 
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Get someone to read what I posted, explained them both. You apparently don't have the ability to remember what you posted or the responses received.

You are shifting the goalposts all over the place. I don't even care which issue we debate, just PICK ONE already.
 
Well I don't know if I'd go THAT far :D but it does contribute. So does immigration, though, both from other nations and other states. Don't have the numbers off the top of my head, though.

Thank you for your honesty
 
Well I don't know if I'd go THAT far :D but it does contribute. So does immigration, though, both from other nations and other states. Don't have the numbers off the top of my head, though.

NYS has high rates of immigration too. TX pop is exploding because republicans have no morals and make babies they cant fford to raise. That's why so many of them are on welfare and have such low incomes. NYS per capita income is much higher than TX
 
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Thank you for your honesty

NP. I'm cool with disagreeing, so long as it's a matter of opinion and not fact!

NYS has high rates of immigration too. TX pop is exploding because republicans have no morals and make babies they cant fford to raise. That's why so many of them are on welfare and have such low incomes. NYS per capita income is much higher than TX

Well...lemme take a look at the numbers.

Demographics of Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to this, between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, Texas experienced:

*1,948,398 births
*663,161 foreign immigrants minus emigrants
*218,722 domestic immigrants minus emigrants

Note that since those are NET immigration numbers, one can't really draw conclusions from them. Lemme see if I can find strictly how many came into Texas...
 
Meanwhile Rick Perry is still up 11 points on the rest of the field of...whatever.:2wave:
 
Can't find 'em. Anyone know where one can get a breakdown of state immigration vs. emigration statistics?

BTW, this was an interesting find: Immigration to Texas

"The overwhelming majority of immigrants are from Mexico (64.8%), Vietnam, El Salvador, India, China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Philippines, Canada, U.K., Korea and Honduras account for another 18.8% of the immigrants to Texas."

Anyone else surprised the percentage of Mexican immigrants is that low?
 
Can't find 'em. Anyone know where one can get a breakdown of state immigration vs. emigration statistics?

BTW, this was an interesting find: Immigration to Texas

"The overwhelming majority of immigrants are from Mexico (64.8%), Vietnam, El Salvador, India, China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Philippines, Canada, U.K., Korea and Honduras account for another 18.8% of the immigrants to Texas."

Anyone else surprised the percentage of Mexican immigrants is that low?

Nope, the Mexicans usually go further north.
 
NP. I'm cool with disagreeing, so long as it's a matter of opinion and not fact!



Well...lemme take a look at the numbers.

Demographics of Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to this, between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, Texas experienced:

*1,948,398 births
*663,161 foreign immigrants minus emigrants
*218,722 domestic immigrants minus emigrants

Note that since those are NET immigration numbers, one can't really draw conclusions from them. Lemme see if I can find strictly how many came into Texas...

I did find some information on Unemployment in TX. Most of the jobs lost in TX in July were public sector jobs, govt. and teachers to cut the state budget deficit and balance the budget. TX did lead the nation again with almost 30,000 of the 117,000 national jobs created in the private sector. Improvements in the national economy will lead to increase in the private sector jobs which then will translate into an increase in public sector jobs. What seems to be missing here is that there is nothing to prevent local school districts going to their communities and seek additional funding if needed.

The goal of every state should be to increase private sector jobs and Perry has done that by traveling all over the nation meeting with business leaders and selling the state of TX. That is working here as evidenced by the private sector numbers including Fortune 500 Companies now in TX.

Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
 
As I understand it, 1 out of 4 Texans have no health insurance and poverty in Texas in very high. But since most of those aren't white, who cares? Texas as I see it, is state of very rich oil people and people very poor.

Yep... we could aptly rename it North Mexico.

Anyone know how that succession thing is going? I always like addition by subtraction.
 
I did find some information on Unemployment in TX. Most of the jobs lost in TX in July were public sector jobs, govt. and teachers to cut the state budget deficit and balance the budget. TX did lead the nation again with almost 30,000 of the 117,000 national jobs created in the private sector. Improvements in the national economy will lead to increase in the private sector jobs which then will translate into an increase in public sector jobs. What seems to be missing here is that there is nothing to prevent local school districts going to their communities and seek additional funding if needed.

The goal of every state should be to increase private sector jobs and Perry has done that by traveling all over the nation meeting with business leaders and selling the state of TX. That is working here as evidenced by the private sector numbers including Fortune 500 Companies now in TX.

Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com

TX has more unemplyed that NYS, more people on food stamps, and a lower per capita income. Texans need to show some personal responsiblity and stop making babies they can't afford to support. Texas is a breeding ground for dependency. Even their biggest industry, oil, is dependent on govt handouts
 
I did find some information on Unemployment in TX. Most of the jobs lost in TX in July were public sector jobs, govt. and teachers to cut the state budget deficit and balance the budget. TX did lead the nation again with almost 30,000 of the 117,000 national jobs created in the private sector. Improvements in the national economy will lead to increase in the private sector jobs which then will translate into an increase in public sector jobs. What seems to be missing here is that there is nothing to prevent local school districts going to their communities and seek additional funding if needed.

The goal of every state should be to increase private sector jobs and Perry has done that by traveling all over the nation meeting with business leaders and selling the state of TX. That is working here as evidenced by the private sector numbers including Fortune 500 Companies now in TX.

Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com


Woohoo…lets cut the ole education budget, after all we can’t go lower than we are now. Texas now ranks last in the percentage of adults with high school diplomas in the nation.:2wave:
 
Woohoo…lets cut the ole education budget, after all we can’t go lower than we are now. Texas now ranks last in the percentage of adults with high school diplomas in the nation.:2wave:

Well, instead of going to college, they can always spend the time making more babies
 
Woohoo…lets cut the ole education budget, after all we can’t go lower than we are now. Texas now ranks last in the percentage of adults with high school diplomas in the nation.:2wave:

Don't get it, do you? School Districts have the right to solicit more funds from their community instead of seeking all expenses from the state. Local property taxes fund the schools anyway so this is just another subject you know nothing about.
 
Don't get it, do you? School Districts have the right to solicit more funds from their community instead of seeking all expenses from the state. Local property taxes fund the schools anyway so this is just another subject you know nothing about.

TX receives more Fed money for education that almost every other state. TX is the home for the culture of dependency. It's because it's run by republicans
 
Don't get it, do you? School Districts have the right to solicit more funds from their community instead of seeking all expenses from the state. Local property taxes fund the schools anyway so this is just another subject you know nothing about.

That is great for people that live in Highland Park where it is not unheard of for houses to sell for millions of dollars.
 
Don't get it, do you? School Districts have the right to solicit more funds from their community instead of seeking all expenses from the state. Local property taxes fund the schools anyway so this is just another subject you know nothing about.


(school districts throughout Texas got some surprising news Monday: $831 million of federal aid tied up for months in a high-profile battle between Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin is now available to retain and hire teachers. )

Maybe with all that fed dough they will make it up to 49,th in high school diplomas.Lets hope so.:thumbs:




Federal education aid finally starts flowing in Texas - San Antonio Express-News
 
Actually that's not true. Rasmussen Reports has a documented conservative bias.

:lol: really? you're going to quote their competition?


In other news, McDonalds' has discovered that Burger King's whopper is not as delicious as a Big Mac. :mrgreen:


Rasmussen screens for likely voters. likely voters are more likely to be Republican... but they are also more likely to, well, vote.
 
:lol: really? you're going to quote their competition?


In other news, McDonalds' has discovered that Burger King's whopper is not as delicious as a Big Mac. :mrgreen:


Rasmussen screens for likely voters. likely voters are more likely to be Republican... but they are also more likely to, well, vote.

It's not really a debatable. In the last election cycle Rasmussen was the least accurate of the major polling firms and had the largest pro-Republican bias.
 
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