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Rasmussen: Rick Perry now up 11 points on GOP field

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Wow, imagine that, TX using Federal Taxpayer money to pay for Federal Mandates which is a requirement signed by Bill Clinton when he agreed with the Contract with America in the 90's. No state should ever have to pay for Federal Mandates. Thank Bill Clinton for signing that law

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Ok, Boo. Seventeen (17) things that critics are saying about Rick Perry Seventeen (17) things that critics are saying about Rick Perry | Pesky Truth

Don't be in denial.... the economy and unemployment will take center stage during this cycle, Boo

Oh, and another thing...Obama is taking Perry more seriously than you are. Wonder why?

You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the fact remains, Texas is not heaven on earth. A closer look shows more than superfical numbers can. If we want to be honest, we look closer.
 
I posted the rankings dude. Perhaps you should look at them. :coffeepap

I can post you rankings to the contrary, what bothers me is that you cannot explain why the labor force growth in TX along with the population growth in TX leads the nation. Apparently those businesses here don't pay any attention to those so called rankings that you tout. I will take the actual results vs. what you post.
 
You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the fact remains, Texas is not heaven on earth. A closer look shows more than superfical numbers can. If we want to be honest, we look closer.

When did I say that TX was heaven on earth? It just beats the Obama alternative. Would you rather live in a state like TX with the freedoms we have or the nanny state that Obama is promoting that is based upon Federal mandates?
 
I can post you rankings to the contrary, what bothers me is that you cannot explain why the labor force growth in TX along with the population growth in TX leads the nation. Apparently those businesses here don't pay any attention to those so called rankings that you tout. I will take the actual results vs. what you post.

BY all means post them. I've run across a few different ones, some ranking texas as low as 49th. Let's see what credible source you pull from. :coffeepap
 
Perry has promoted an atmosphere that creates jobs in TX and is a great ambassador for seeking companies to move to TX.
What Perry policies can you cite that contributed to that?
 
You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the fact remains, Texas is not heaven on earth. A closer look shows more than superfical numbers can. If we want to be honest, we look closer.

Interesting that you ignored the Obama resume but now find resumes and past experience something to thoroughly review. Yes, let's demonize the competition while diverting from the Obama record. That is right out of the liberal playbook
 
When did I say that TX was heaven on earth? It just beats the Obama alternative. Would you rather live in a state like TX with the freedoms we have or the nanny state that Obama is promoting that is based upon Federal mandates?

Depends on what you define beating as. Spending your tax dollars on corporate welfare, while losing on education and health care may well seem better to you. Maybe not to others.
 
BY all means post them. I've run across a few different ones, some ranking texas as low as 49th. Let's see what credible source you pull from. :coffeepap

Let's see your Education rankings that show TX at 49th. you made the claim now prove it
 
Interesting that you ignored the Obama resume but now find resumes and past experience something to thoroughly review. Yes, let's demonize the competition while diverting from the Obama record. That is right out of the liberal playbook

Squirrel!!!!


Isn't this thread actually about Perry?


Squirrel!!!!
 
I can post you rankings to the contrary, what bothers me is that you cannot explain why the labor force growth in TX along with the population growth in TX leads the nation. Apparently those businesses here don't pay any attention to those so called rankings that you tout. I will take the actual results vs. what you post.

Sure, it can be explained by a lot of other reasons besides Rick Perry. In fact, due to those reasons, it would not have mattered who was in office at the time, TX would have probably seen most of that same job growth.

Perry criticizes government while Texas job growth benefits from it - The Washington Post
 
Isn't it? I mean, that money Texas gives to business in corporate welfare, where do you think that comes from?

And MA is not worse than Texas:

Well Above Average 1 Massachusetts 4.82

(snip)

Below Average 31 Texas 2.45

State Education Rankings: The Best And Worst For Math And Science


In this ranking, MA is number one and texas 32nd.

In healthcare:

Massachusetts 0.906 02

(snip)

Texas -0.364 40

Measure

MA is second in overall ranking and texas 40th.

Good comparison.
Your right but, this is not the argument I am making, just because MA. is doing better than TX doesn't mean in any way shape or form that MA. is a success. The educational system is failing our students, the state healthcare is still bankrupt and our taxes here is MA. or still high and we can very little in return. My point is that the government is the problem especially the federal government, the difference between TX and MA is that the state of Texas isn't in our wallet, in our house, in our business and in our personal lives to the same extent as MA.
 
Depends on what you define beating as. Spending your tax dollars on corporate welfare, while losing on education and health care may well seem better to you. Maybe not to others.

Let's see, TX has a net job gain since Obama took office and Obama has a net job loss. TX has a balanced budget and Obama has added 4 trillion to the debt. TX has more people employed today than when Obama took office and Obama has less. Sounds to me like the TX record beats the Obama record. Just imagine where Obama would be without the TX record.
 
You can't call Texas great based only on the number of jobs in the state.... China is taking a lot of American jobs, does that make China great?
 
Health care ranking (remember I spoke of both):

U.S. State Health Systems Compared - Businessweek

Look at overall ranking.

You made the claim about education not healthcare, As I have pointed out, there are many different options for healthcare in TX but unlike you Texans believe healthcare is a personal resonsibility not a Federal Responsibility, just like education is a state responsibliity not a Federal Responsibility. Seems that the Nov elections tell you all that you need to know about the feeling in TX as Texans gave the Governor a filibuster proof Legislature. What do the people of TX know that you don't, my guess is quite a bit especially since you don't live in TX.
 
You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the fact remains, Texas is not heaven on earth. A closer look shows more than superfical numbers can. If we want to be honest, we look closer.

Get real. Obama needs an economic miracle to keep the job, and it doesn't look like that will be forthcoming and to just hint on Perry's political savvy

Perry is already making it Perry vs Obama, instead of Perry vs all the other Rep contenders.

Its hook, line, and sinker and you are biting, Boo


 
Interesting that you ignored the Obama resume but now find resumes and past experience something to thoroughly review. Yes, let's demonize the competition while diverting from the Obama record. That is right out of the liberal playbook
for once, be honest with yourself and this board...results/record mean nothing to you, all you are concerned about is does the person have an (R) next to their name, if they do, they get your vote, regardless of the results/record they have.
 
Your right but, this is not the argument I am making, just because MA. is doing better than TX doesn't mean in any way shape or form that MA. is a success. The educational system is failing our students, the state healthcare is still bankrupt and our taxes here is MA. or still high and we can very little in return. My point is that the government is the problem especially the federal government, the difference between TX and MA is that the state of Texas isn't in our wallet, in our house, in our business and in our personal lives to the same extent as MA.

Doing better matters. I see no evidence MA is failing in any way, especially with such high rankings. We do face national problems, but seeing how each state is doing does give us some indication on who is doing a better job of tackling it. To judge Perry, we have to look at his entire record, not be too selective and ignore his failings, the states failings.

And Perry is government. He used Federal funds, and spent tax payor money, corporate welfare, to inflate his numbers. This is big government by definition.
 
Let's see, TX has a net job gain since Obama took office and Obama has a net job loss. TX has a balanced budget and Obama has added 4 trillion to the debt. TX has more people employed today than when Obama took office and Obama has less. Sounds to me like the TX record beats the Obama record. Just imagine where Obama would be without the TX record.

You don't compare the record of a person to that of a state. You can compare the records of a state to the federal government, ensuring that you take into account every thing that each is responsible for and what they do and who gets say in doing those things. Or you can compare the record of the President of the country to that of a governor of a state, ensuring that you take into account everything that was their policy and everything that was a policy already in place and anything that they were forced to do or not do, plus how well they are doing overall.
 
Get real. Obama needs an economic miracle to keep the job, and it doesn't look like that will be forthcoming and to just hint on Perry's political savvy

Perry is already making it Perry vs Obama, instead of Perry vs all the other Rep contenders.

Its hook, line, and sinker and you are biting, Boo



He may well, depending on who is running against him, but that changes nothing of what I said:

You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the fact remains, Texas is not heaven on earth. A closer look shows more than superfical numbers can. If we want to be honest, we look closer.
 
You made the claim about education not healthcare, As I have pointed out, there are many different options for healthcare in TX but unlike you Texans believe healthcare is a personal resonsibility not a Federal Responsibility, just like education is a state responsibliity not a Federal Responsibility. Seems that the Nov elections tell you all that you need to know about the feeling in TX as Texans gave the Governor a filibuster proof Legislature. What do the people of TX know that you don't, my guess is quite a bit especially since you don't live in TX.

Aheeemmm you do not speak for this native born Texan.

And I suggest you stop attempting to speak for other native born Texans as well.

Most I know do not appreciate that what ever their political lean is.

BTW you misspelled responsibility twice.
 
for once, be honest with yourself and this board...results/record mean nothing to you, all you are concerned about is does the person have an (R) next to their name, if they do, they get your vote, regardless of the results/record they have.

This is what will be on the ballot in Nov. 2012 so the "R" won't make a difference

Obama economic results in 2011, .4% GDP and 1.3% GDP growth in 2011, 24+ million unemployed or under employed Americans in 2011, 4 trillion added to the debt in less than 3 years, and a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. Rising Misery index 7.83 to 12.67. First President in U.S. History to have our credit downgraded on his watch! 40% JAR and well over 50% disapproval ratings.
 
This is what will be on the ballot in Nov. 2012 so the "R" won't make a difference

Obama economic results in 2011, .4% GDP and 1.3% GDP growth in 2011, 24+ million unemployed or under employed Americans in 2011, 4 trillion added to the debt in less than 3 years, and a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. Rising Misery index 7.83 to 12.67. First President in U.S. History to have our credit downgraded on his watch! 40% JAR and well over 50% disapproval ratings.

Squirrel!!!!

The thread is still about Perry, right?

Squirrel!!!!
 
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