Perry wants to make the US a Third World country

[Nancy Waterman]

His whole economic plan and what he has been doing in Texas
will essentially create minimum wage, non-benefit jobs that only
benefit the corporations. What he offers is what Third World countries offer:
low taxes, no regulations, low wages, no health care.

Meyerson describes it well here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-sad-facts-behind-rick-perrys-texas-miracle/2011/08/16/gIQAxc3zJJ_story.html?hpid=z2

Rick Perry’s Texas is Ross Perot’s Mexico come north. Through a range of enticements we more commonly associate with Third World nations — low wages, no benefits, high rates of poverty, scant taxes, few regulations and generous corporate subsidies — the state has produced its own “giant sucking sound,” attracting businesses from other states to a place where workers come cheap.

Perry’s calling card in the presidential race is his state’s record of job creation at a time when the national economy floundered. Yes, Texas has created lots of jobs, though that’s partly a reflection of the surge in oil prices, which in turn created tens of thousands of jobs in the oil and gas industries. What Perry touts in his stump speech, however, isn’t the oil boom but, rather, the low-tax, low-reg, handouts-to-business climate that prevails in Texas. It’s the kind of spiel that businesses hear every day from leaders of developing nations — Mexico and, even more, China

Perry wants to make the US a Third World country. This should be the narrative we use going forward.

[Ilsa]

1. The taxes are Low at the state level, but I guaran-damn-tee ya that local taxes are a bitch.

We are having another tax hike this year at the local level because the state has cut funding for local higher education. They are raising the appraised values of our homes to ridiculous levels to bring in enough income to pay our teachers and professors.

[LiberalFighter]

4. What the hell is with Texas?

Recently, I read an article about a university that was able to levy a tax on local residents. Are all universities able to assess the tax in Texas? What are the limits both taxing and geography?

[atreides1]

2. And here in Virginia

A man named Miller Baker wants Virginia to use Texas' example of becoming more "business friendly"! He's running for state senate, and yes he's a conservative republican, and a "real patriot" according to a supporter.

[Voice for Peace]

3. Doug Feith is Perry's foreign policy advisor.

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