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Rasmussen: Rick Perry now up 11 points on GOP field

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TX has no State income taxes and very favorable regulations, that lowers business expenses. Perry has been a very good ambassador for TX by going out and selling TX to businesses across the country. Seems to be working. What has Obama done to improve the national economy. He ought to be happy with TX as the numbers here are making him look better than the total national numbers.

I used to work for a CPA from Texas, and she said the state makes up for no income tax with really high real estate tax and rent is high.
 
I used to work for a CPA from Texas, and she said the state makes up for no income tax with really high real estate tax and rent is high.

Also user fees, car inspection / registration, etc.
 
She also lived in Alaska and said it's the same there, except you get a oil dividend... lol

Don't kid yourself, Texas soaks the oil companies pretty good, too. Where do you think their rainy day fund comes from?
 
Interesting, and the Texas Board of Education is primarily made up of people of which political lean?

Aren't most textbooks made in texas? I always hear how that board tries to put creationalism in textbooks, and basically wants to figure out how to make everybody teach their view of the world. It's pretty damn stupid.
 
I used to work for a CPA from Texas, and she said the state makes up for no income tax with really high real estate tax and rent is high.

Depends on where you live in TX. People choose where they live thus choose their tax rates.
 
Here's an interesting little tid bit about the Texas Board of Education from 1998

Texas School Board to Dump Disney Stock

The Texas Board of Education voted Friday to sell its Walt Disney Co. stock following complaints from conservative groups about sex and violence in films produced by Disney's Miramax Films, including "Pulp Fiction."

The vote means $43 million in Disney stock, which is less than one-tenth of a percent of Disney's shares, will be shed from the $17.65-billion Permanent School Fund.

The action comes after the American Family Assn. of Texas, which is involved in a Disney boycott, sent members of the Republican-dominated board a videotape of Miramax film excerpts, including scenes from "Pulp Fiction" and "Chasing Amy."

Groups such as the Southern Baptists also have been boycotting Disney for a year because of its practice of extending health insurance to same-sex partners of employees and of having "Gay Days" at its amusement parks.

Texas School Board to Dump Disney Stock - Los Angeles Times
 
Don't kid yourself, Texas soaks the oil companies pretty good, too. Where do you think their rainy day fund comes from?

They have a lot of fees for sure.

Taxes and Fees
911 Emergency Service Fee
911 Equalization Surcharge
911 Prepaid Wireless Emergency Service Fee
911 Wireless Emergency Service Fee
Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) Assessment
Automotive Oil Sales Fee
Bank Franchise
Battery Sales Fee
Boat & Boat Motor
Cement Production
Cigarette
Cigar, Tobacco Products
Cigarette/Tobacco Advertising Fee
Coastal Protection
Coin-Operated Machines Tax
Controlled Substances
Crude Oil
Diesel Fuels
Fireworks
Franchise
Gasoline
Hotel
Inheritance
Insurance Maintenance Tax - Workers' Compensation Research
Insurance Maintenance Taxes - Texas Department of Insurance
Insurance Maintenance Tax - Division of Workers Compensation/Office of Injured Employees Counsel
Insurance Premium Tax - Independently Procured
Insurance Premium Tax - Licensed Insurers
Insurance Premium Tax - Surplus Lines/Purchasing Groups
Insurance Premium Tax - Unauthorized Insurance
International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)
Liquefied Gas
Loan Administration Fee
Local Property
Local Sales & Use
Manufactured Housing
Miscellaneous Gross Receipts
Mixed Beverage Tax
Motor Fuels Transporters
Motor Vehicle - Gross Rental Receipts
Motor Vehicle - Local Sports and Community Venue Sales and Use
Motor Vehicle - Sales and Use
Motor Vehicle - Seller-Financed Sales
Motor Vehicle - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Registration Surcharge
Motor Vehicle - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Surcharge
Natural Gas
Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) Assessment
Oil & Gas Well Servicing
Oyster Sales Fee
Pari-Mutuel
Petroleum Products Delivery Fee
Property Tax
Public Utility Gross Receipts Assessment
Retail Charge Account Delinquency Fee
Retaliatory Tax
Sales & Use
School Fund Benefit
Sexually Oriented Business Fee
Sulphur
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) - Off Road Heavy Duty Diesel Equipment Surcharge
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (Repealed)
Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Fund Assessment

Texas Taxes

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No income tax but they get every other way they can. It looks like the best way to be a Texas is to live in the state, not own property, and not really be a Texas... Just get your license and everything else in a different state.
 
Here's an interesting little tid bit about the Texas Board of Education from 1998

Texas School Board to Dump Disney Stock

The Texas Board of Education voted Friday to sell its Walt Disney Co. stock following complaints from conservative groups about sex and violence in films produced by Disney's Miramax Films, including "Pulp Fiction."

The vote means $43 million in Disney stock, which is less than one-tenth of a percent of Disney's shares, will be shed from the $17.65-billion Permanent School Fund.

The action comes after the American Family Assn. of Texas, which is involved in a Disney boycott, sent members of the Republican-dominated board a videotape of Miramax film excerpts, including scenes from "Pulp Fiction" and "Chasing Amy."

Groups such as the Southern Baptists also have been boycotting Disney for a year because of its practice of extending health insurance to same-sex partners of employees and of having "Gay Days" at its amusement parks.

Texas School Board to Dump Disney Stock - Los Angeles Times

****ing hell. I thought the GOP liked the constitution, free speech, and respecting a business's rights to be in control of health care insurance decisions... :no:
 
Your link is from 2008 -- NOT the last election cycle. Don't you ever get tired of being dishonest?

Rasmussen's rightward lurch is a fairly recent phenomenon.

you are desperately attempting to make the data fit your hypothesis - Rasmussen's voter screen methodology has remained fairly consistent. In 2010, however, they used an "off year" screen to anticipate participation, when in many areas we saw participation approaching Presidential cycle levels - which explains why polls that lean towards broader data collection did well and Rasmussen was uncharacteristically off.
 
you are desperately attempting to make the data fit your hypothesis - Rasmussen's voter screen methodology has remained fairly consistent. In 2010, however, they used an "off year" screen to anticipate participation, when in many areas we saw participation approaching Presidential cycle levels - which explains why polls that lean towards broader data collection did well and Rasmussen was uncharacteristically off.

I don't have to try to make the data fit my hypothesis -- desperately or otherwise. It just does.

In addition to the reasons suggested by Nate Silver, another reason is that Rasmussen doesn't poll cell phone users. Thus he misses the significant percentage of the population that no longer uses land lines. So happens those people are disproporitonately young and vote disproporionately for Democrats.
 
The article above says cutting $4 billion. It does not say not spending more money or a thing about unions. So:

Squirrel!!!!

Here we go, this is the point in the argument where Boo instead of actually responding to any argument that doesn't agree with his view, starts with the pejorative, juvenile, and silly tactic of repeating some word, phrase, or smiley designed to bait the opponent into getting upset.

Give it up dude...This is a dumb tactic.

j-mac
 
Here we go, this is the point in the argument where Boo instead of actually responding to any argument that doesn't agree with his view, starts with the pejorative, juvenile, and silly tactic of repeating some word, phrase, or smiley designed to bait the opponent into getting upset.

Give it up dude...This is a dumb tactic.

j-mac

J, this is where you ignore that no argument has even been made. Saying stupid **** isn't an argument. He has not responded to or disputed the point that $4 billion has been removed from the budget. You're free to actually make an argument, and if you do, I will respond. But please, don't act like saying just silliness requires a response.
 
J, this is where you ignore that no argument has even been made. Saying stupid **** isn't an argument. He has not responded to or disputed the point that $4 billion has been removed from the budget. You're free to actually make an argument, and if you do, I will respond. But please, don't act like saying just silliness requires a response.

Yes, I did respond, obviously you ignored it. No one is disputing that 4 billion was reduced from the STATE BUDGET but what does that have to do with the local country budgets that get their funds from local property taxes? You don't apparently understand that country budgets and state budgets are different. County budgets have had to adjust revenue from what they get from the state but that does nothing to the revenue they receive from local property taxes.
 
Yes, I did respond, obviously you ignored it. No one is disputing that 4 billion was reduced from the STATE BUDGET but what does that have to do with the local country budgets that get their funds from local property taxes? You don't apparently understand that country budgets and state budgets are different. County budgets have had to adjust revenue from what they get from the state but that does nothing to the revenue they receive from local property taxes.

Because state budgets effect local budgets. The state is not separate, with their own separate schools. They distribute that money to schools, and without that money, the schools feel the lost. Acting as if those schools would never see that money in the first place is to be a tad delusional.
 
Because state budgets effect local budgets. The state is not separate, with their own separate schools. They distribute that money to schools, and without that money, the schools feel the lost. Acting as if those schools would never see that money in the first place is to be a tad delusional.

No one said that state budgets don't affect local budgets, but that never was the point. State Budgets and local budgets are separate and any shortfall in revenue has to be handled by the local communities. My District schools opened on time yesterday and had a full staff. Any shortfall in State funding deemed important can be made up at the local level and has been.
 
No one said that state budgets don't affect local budgets, but that never was the point. State Budgets and local budgets are separate and any shortfall in revenue has to be handled by the local communities. My District schools opened on time yesterday and had a full staff. Any shortfall in State funding deemed important can be made up at the local level and has been.

Again, where the spending affects them requires more than just noting they opened the school year with a full staff (as far as you know). You're education system ranks low, and I'm sure money has nothing to do with it, but the fact remains, they now have less money. The fact is your system ranks low. The fact is you were factually wrong about your deficit problems. And even though I asked you to support your claim, you have not shown they adequately made up for the short fall.
 
Again, where the spending affects them requires more than just noting they opened the school year with a full staff (as far as you know). You're education system ranks low, and I'm sure money has nothing to do with it, but the fact remains, they now have less money. The fact is your system ranks low. The fact is you were factually wrong about your deficit problems. And even though I asked you to support your claim, you have not shown they adequately made up for the short fall.

Interesting that you focus on rankings while ignoring the context of that ranking. Included in that ranking are the influx of illegals and legal immigrants from Mexico that have impacted various school performance but rather than place blame it is more important to point out how experts like you really aren't experts at all. I am anxiously awaiting for you to prove that I am factually wrong on the deficit and my school district? You have no clue as to what you are talking about as you buy what you are told by someone else. Guess that liberal arrogance is hard to erase.
 
Interesting that you focus on rankings while ignoring the context of that ranking. Included in that ranking are the influx of illegals and legal immigrants from Mexico that have impacted various school performance but rather than place blame it is more important to point out how experts like you really aren't experts at all. I am anxiously awaiting for you to prove that I am factually wrong on the deficit and my school district? You have no clue as to what you are talking about as you buy what you are told by someone else. Guess that liberal arrogance is hard to erase.

I've ingored nothing. You mistakenly think there is some trick that makes them pick on Texas. Your students simply don't do well. Take responsibility and stop blaming others. And your jobs program by your governor is encouraging immigrants. It's part of what makes your numbers look good. Read the links we've given. And it doesn't matter what country you come from, learning is possible for all of them. Heck, we have illegals here in iowa, and we still beat Texas, handily.

And no one has to prove you wrong jr. You made the claim. The burden is on you to provide support for your claim. failure to do so makes your claim meaningless. Sorry.
 
Interesting that you focus on rankings while ignoring the context of that ranking. Included in that ranking are the influx of illegals and legal immigrants from Mexico that have impacted various school performance but rather than place blame it is more important to point out how experts like you really aren't experts at all. I am anxiously awaiting for you to prove that I am factually wrong on the deficit and my school district? You have no clue as to what you are talking about as you buy what you are told by someone else. Guess that liberal arrogance is hard to erase.

And what has Perry's position been on immigration? What has he done in his state to reduce illegal immigration during all of his time as governor?
 
I've ingored nothing. You mistakenly think there is some trick that makes them pick on Texas. Your students simply don't do well. Take responsibility and stop blaming others. And your jobs program by your governor is encouraging immigrants. It's part of what makes your numbers look good. Read the links we've given. And it doesn't matter what country you come from, learning is possible for all of them. Heck, we have illegals here in iowa, and we still beat Texas, handily.

And no one has to prove you wrong jr. You made the claim. The burden is on you to provide support for your claim. failure to do so makes your claim meaningless. Sorry.

I think that it is wishful thinking that this is bad news for TX. Interesting that Fortune 500 Companies obviously don't think the rankings mean much since they are moving their businesses here. TX has a net job increase, more people employed and an increasing labor force since Obama took office. Thanks, Obama, for helping drive people to TX
 
And what has Perry's position been on immigration? What has he done in his state to reduce illegal immigration during all of his time as governor?

So now illegal immigration is the state responsibility? Have you told that to the Justice Dept?
 
I think that it is wishful thinking that this is bad news for TX. Interesting that Fortune 500 Companies obviously don't think the rankings mean much since they are moving their businesses here. TX has a net job increase, more people employed and an increasing labor force since Obama took office. Thanks, Obama, for helping drive people to TX

Squirrel!!!!

Focus, try to get back on point.
 
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