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Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%)

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Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo
 
Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo

Feeling a bit triumphant about someone else's misfortune? Has your country become so divided?
 
Feeling a bit triumphant about someone else's misfortune? Has your country become so divided?

We were always that divided. It took a civil war and half a million deaths for us to start putting the union before our state in order of importance, and we still can't stop talking **** about each other.
 
What's that, Jesse? You have more to say?

I don't know how you damn socialists up north can stand each other. It'd be inspirational, if it weren't so damn hippie-dippie. "Ooh, look at us, we let our Frenchies keep their native language! We're so enlightened!"

*grumbles in American*
 
I don't know how you damn socialists up north can stand each other. It'd be inspirational, if it weren't so damn hippie-dippie. "Ooh, look at us, we let our Frenchies keep their native language! We're so enlightened!"

*grumbles in American*

You, me, center ice, one on one.
What? You can't skate? Gonna be a tough game then.
 
I don't need to skate, I can buy a zamboni with all my capitalism! Good luck moving that puck once it's been pressed into the ice floor!

Okay, you need to know this, but keep it to yourself. Americans can't drive Zambonis. Nobody else can. There's codes and stuff. Every Zamboni driver in the world is Canadian.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.
 
Okay, you need to know this, but keep it to yourself. Americans can't drive Zambonis. Nobody else can. There's codes and stuff. Every Zamboni driver in the world is Canadian.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.

It probably works like logging into DP, then. If I just slam my face into my keyboard enough times in frustration, the password will inevitably be entered correctly!
 
It probably works like logging into DP, then. If I just slam my face into my keyboard enough times in frustration, the password will inevitably be entered correctly!

If it does, hey, dual citizenship!
 
Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo

Pathetic...

The same report, but the one before.

https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2017/06 June/0617_gdp_by_state.pdf

Texas: 0.4%
California: 2.9%

And before that

Texas: 3.4%
California: 2.5%

And before that

Texas: -0.8%
California: 2.2%

And before that

Texas: 0.3%
California: 2.0%

So what can we conclude...California has been beating Texas ass in all of 2016 by a wide margin and needs to "catch up".
 
Pathetic...

The same report, but the one before.

https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2017/06 June/0617_gdp_by_state.pdf

Texas: 0.4%
California: 2.9%

And before that

Texas: 3.4%
California: 2.5%

And before that

Texas: -0.8%
California: 2.2%

And before that

Texas: 0.3%
California: 2.0%

So what can we conclude...California has been beating Texas ass in all of 2016 by a wide margin and needs to "catch up".

...Holy crap, someone actually addressed the topic.
 
Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo


just another post of selective facts by an ignorant texan
 
just another post of selective facts by an ignorant texan

I linked to the BEA.

Honestly, you need to extend yourself and STOP SPAMMING and post something intelligent and thoughtful once in a while
 
Pathetic...

The same report, but the one before.

https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2017/06 June/0617_gdp_by_state.pdf

Texas: 0.4%
California: 2.9%

And before that

Texas: 3.4%
California: 2.5%

And before that

Texas: -0.8%
California: 2.2%

And before that

Texas: 0.3%
California: 2.0%

So what can we conclude...California has been beating Texas ass in all of 2016 by a wide margin and needs to "catch up".

I posted the first quarter GDP statistics from the BEA and as for California " beating Texas's ass " ?

Lol ! First, Cali has the Nations highest amount of unfunded pension liabillities, over 500 billion dollalrs, it also cant balance its budget or get anywhere near producing a Surplus.

Texas Surplus is 10 billion and growing where as California can only produce a balanced budget if it ommits nearly 2 billion dollars in expenditures..

1.9 Billion dollar accounting error adds to California's budget projections..
https://www.google.com/amp/www.merc...or-adds-to-california-deficit-projection/amp/

Half of California Children are on some type of welfare assistance program, and California has the highest child poverty rate in the Nation
https://www.google.com/amp/www.kpbs...s-nations-highest-child-poverty-rate/?amp=amp

Caliornian Cities like LA and San Fransisco have huge chronic homeless populations with LA having the largest chronic homeless population in the Nation.

Thousands of Bussinesses and Corporate interest have moved out of the high tax and heavy regulatory burden State to States like Texas....

Cali loses over 9000 bussinesses headquarters and expansions under the Obama administration...
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/...a-lost-9-000-business-hqs-and-expansidollalrs

So yea, Califrnia sounds dreamy. Its one of our Nations most beuatiful states et its being driven into the ground by Left wing ideologues who put party and ideology over people.
 
Feeling a bit triumphant about someone else's misfortune? Has your country become so divided?

The leading candidate for governor is Gavin Newsom*. So due to his "give it all away for votes"* strategy producers are wary of what the eaters have in store for them next.

**But he's running against a Latino, so that should be an interesting conversation about vote fraud! LOL

*Socialized single payer, illegals welcome
*open borders and sanctuary state
*free junior college
*support for Cap and Trade taxes on energy
*support for two union retirement projects - High Speed Rail and the Delta Tunnels. (Both impractical boondoggles)

Most of Californian's "poverty class" don't speak English as a first language and are not prone to vote so it will be decided by the bay area and Los Angeles.
 
Pathetic...

The same report, but the one before.

https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2017/06 June/0617_gdp_by_state.pdf

Texas: 0.4%
California: 2.9%

And before that

Texas: 3.4%
California: 2.5%

And before that

Texas: -0.8%
California: 2.2%

And before that

Texas: 0.3%
California: 2.0%

So what can we conclude...California has been beating Texas ass in all of 2016 by a wide margin and needs to "catch up".

Hold on buddy. That growth is almost entirely in Silicon Valley.
 
Feeling a bit triumphant about someone else's misfortune? Has your country become so divided?

What misfortune? There's no shortage of U-Haul locations in California. However, those that move should have sense enough to understand why it was necessary for them to move.
 
What misfortune? There's no shortage of U-Haul locations in California. However, those that move should have sense enough to understand why it was necessary for them to move.

Another one. Do you Texans eat schadenfreude for breakfast? Those are your fellow Americans. Do you check off the days on the calendar while they're suffering a drought, grinning and chuckling?
 
Another one. Do you Texans eat schadenfreude for breakfast? Those are your fellow Americans. Do you check off the days on the calendar while they're suffering a drought, grinning and chuckling?

Most people I know are too busy being productive for such things. I see Californians as people who want a piece of my pie to finance their incompetence.
 
Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo

The ironic bit is, with the corruption and utter incompetency of the Tejas educational system, enough idiots are created to actually believe that supply side economics work and that the economy doesn't work in cycles.
 
Most people I know are too busy being productive for such things. I see Californians as people who want a piece of my pie to finance their incompetence.

Ever been there? I haven't for a long time but back in my misspent youth I spent a lot of time touring by motorcycle in that state and I'll tell you that if you think LA and San Fran are California there's lots of folks in the highlands and valleys and the cattle country who'll be glad to set you straight
 
Texas Booms (+3.9%) as California Flatlines (0.1%); Mining, Manufacturing Drive Growth

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/pdf/qgsp0717.pdf

The 3.9 percent growth in Texas was largely driven by the mining industry, which contributed 2.08 points to that 3.9 percent growth.

Manufacturing contributed another 1.15 points (including 0.62 for manufacturing of nondurable goods and 0.53 for durable goods); real estate and rental leasing added 0.43 points; administrative and waste management services added 0.32; government added 0.21; construction added 0.15; transportation and warehousing added 0.15; health care and social assistance added 0.14; accommodation and food services added 0.08; education services added 0.06; arts, entertainment and recreation added 0.02; professional, scientific and technical services added 0.01; and other services except government was flat at 0.00.

I was born and raised in Texas, and I've never seen Houston and the surrounding area's this busy. There's new development and construction in places that have been farmland and cow pastures for decades, and its moving further out West, East, North and South. Thing is, this isnt isolated to Houston. Apparently, as you can see the supply side business friendly principles Texas legislators have employed for years now are clearly not working....:lamo

I too, am a native Texan. And while you boost these percentages, you aren't really looking at how these percentage impact ALL of Texas cities, towns, and villages.

Wow! All those mine owners pocketbooks in Texas are booming. How many people in Texas benefit from the mining industry?

A lot of people moving from California to Texas ARE CASHING IN on inflated housing prices and buying homes in Texas for a 1/3 of the cost. And they pocket substantial sum after paying cash for a Texas home. Some of them net so much from the sell of their California home, many can retire...and some at a younger than usual age. I'm sure some of the leftover disposable money is contributing to other areas of the economy. So Texas has Californians to thank for this "quarterly growth" except for mining, which is the big winner. But let's see where it lands at the end of the year.

When you look at the all of the percentages in the various areas of economic growth, Texas is hanging in, like a number of other states, but there are a lot of areas that benefit more people as a whole, than not. And Texas isn't storming in a lot of those areas where the average person is feeling the benefit.


Real estate and rental and leasing grew 2.7 percent nationally in the first quarter of 2017. This
industry contributed to growth in 44 states. The largest contributions to growth occurred in
Virginia and Maryland; these states grew 2.0 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively
.


Mining grew 21.6 percent nationally. This industry contributed to growth in 48 states. It was
the leading contributor to growth in Texas, West Virginia, and New Mexico—the three fastest
growing states—which grew 3.9 percent, 3.0 percent, and 2.8 percent, respectively.

• Durable-goods manufacturing grew 4.4 percent nationally. This industry contributed to growth
in 47 states and the District of Columbia. The largest contributions to growth occurred in
Michigan and Kentucky; these states grew 1.5 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively.

• Finance and insurance declined 2.1 percent nationally. This industry subtracted from growth in
45 states and the District of Columbia. The largest subtractions occurred in Delaware and Utah;
these states grew 0.3 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively.

• Retail trade declined 3.6 percent nationally. This industry subtracted from growth in every
state. The largest subtractions occurred in Oklahoma and West Virginia; these states grew 1.9
percent and 3.0 percent, respectively.

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting declined 39.8 percent nationally. This industry
subtracted from growth in 39 states. The largest subtractions occurred in South Dakota, Iowa,
and Nebraska, the states with the largest declines in real GDP. Real GDP in these states declined
3.8 percent, 3.2 percent, and 4.0 percent, respectively.

Man, you sure love to embellish Texas' economic growth.
 
Ever been there? I haven't for a long time but back in my misspent youth I spent a lot of time touring by motorcycle in that state and I'll tell you that if you think LA and San Fran are California there's lots of folks in the highlands and valleys and the cattle country who'll be glad to set you straight

There's a real nice 4WD trail between Desert Hot Springs and Amboy. There's not much in a way of earning a living, though.
 
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