Hey Texans - what can you tell us about Perry's tenant farm home?

[hedgehog]

I suspect we aren't talking about this:



but more something like this:





BONUS POINTS: by any chance, did that farm benefit from a Federal agricultural subsidy and/or Federally funded irrigation?

[hedgehog]

1. Hmmm---- I guess the truth is somewhere in between

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8694278/Rick-Perry-the-Paint-Creek-boy-who-would-be-king.html

He spent the early years in a wooden house with no indoor plumbing, but his Dad moved them to a brick bungelow before Perry graduated high school.

[blogslut]

2. This is where Perry tells the truth

He had humble beginnings. His father ended up doing quite well. Perry can actually ride a horse and got his degree in Animal Husbandry. That doesn't negate the fact that Goodhair is a mean, stupid man with no moral center.

[hedgehog]

3. Again - there is still the question of what Federal involvement did to make

farming more profitable in the 50's.

It might have been the introduction of machinery that made the difference.

[blogslut]

4. Offhand, I don't know

It's very possible Perry's dad farmed land that belonged to the state. As well, it's also possible that government subsidies were taken advantage of.

Did you know that Goodhair started out in politics as a Democrat? He changed parties because he wanted to get elected. That should tell you a lot about his character.

[sammytko]

5. Even my democratic relatives use farm subsidides, so that argument will not work

I hate to use the word "advantage" cuz it sounds unscrupulous. We are exempt from all property taxes because of VA disabilities.

[hedgehog]

6. I'm thinking of farm subsidies because Perry is so down on government

spending. It'd be nice to find out his Dad built the house with the help of the GI bill or an FHA loan.

[former9thward]

7. The GI bill is not some government giveaway as you are implying.

It was part of the wages earned if you went into the service and was marketed that way by recruiters.

[hedgehog]

8. It wasn't a government giveaway, but it took the Democratic Party to make it a reality

It has been heralded as one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever produced by the federal government—one that impacted the United States socially, economically and politically. But it almost never came to pass.

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944—commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights—nearly stalled in Congress as members of the House and Senate debated provisions of the controversial bill.


Some shunned the idea of paying unemployed veterans $20 a week because they thought it diminished their incentive to look for work. Others questioned the concept of sending battle-hardened veterans to colleges and universities, a privilege then reserved for the rich.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/gi_bill_info/history.htm