So . . . . Perry's claiming he's the best job creator there is, huh?

[Stinky The Clown]

Really?

At what cost?

What quality of jobs?

What states did Tejas steal the jobs from with "tax breaks" for moving them there??

Are any of these jobs able to support a family?

Tell us the whole story, Ricky.

[Lasher]

1. Perry's utopian Texas - the Guilded Age relives!

Perry boasts that he's created tens of thousands of jobs in his state without conceding that they are McDonald's- and Burger King-type jobs. Perry promises to punish the country by duplicating the "Texas Miracle" nationally.

Gov. Perry won't admit that the primary reason for any job creation in Texas during the recession was partly due to the high price of oil, which Perry had nothing to do with, and the federal stimulus money under President Barack Obama--which program the Republicans have condemned.

Perry also doesn't like sharing the fact that his great state has the worst record in the entire union when it comes to healthcare insurance coverage, child poverty, and carbon emissions.

http://blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/7582/2011-08-17.html

[OHdem10]

2. For a Government Hater, his greatest number of jobs were

Government jobs.(State Government)

[w8liftinglady]

3. here's what Perry has to be "Proud" of... from my journal

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/w8liftinglady/126

reminder why I'm an activist .. article in my paper.. about TX
Texas on the Brink report released
By EMILY RAMSHAW
Texas Tribune
Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:21 PM CST
Texas’ superlatives are nothing to brag about, according to the fifth edition of “Texas on the Brink,” an annual review that ranks the state on dozens of factors ranging from health insurance to voter turnout.

Despite having the highest birth rate, Texas has the worst rate of women with health insurance, and the worst rate of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, according to the report commissioned by the Legislative Study Group, a liberal-leaning research caucus in the Texas House.

While Texas has the second-highest public school enrollment, the state ranks last in the percentage of people 25 and older with a high school diploma. And though Texas has the highest percent of its population without health insurance, the state is 49th in per capita spending on Medicaid, and dead last in per capita spending on mental health, according to the report.

Here’s a look at how Texas compares to other states:

At the bottom:

• Tax expenditures per capita (47th)

• Percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma (50th)

• Percent of poor people covered by Medicaid (49th)

• Percent of population with employer-based health insurance (48th)

• Per capita spending on mental health (50th)

• Per capita spending on Medicaid (49th)

• Percent of non-elderly women with health insurance (50th)

• Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester (50th)

• Average credit score (49th)

• Workers’ compensation coverage (50th)

Near the top:

• Number of executions (1st)

• Public school enrollment (2nd)

• Percent of uninsured children (1st)

• Percent of children living in poverty (4th)

• Percent of population uninsured (1st)

• Percent of population living below poverty (4th)

• Percent of population with food insecurity (2nd)

• Overall birth rate (2nd)

• Amount of carbon dioxide emissions (1st)

• Amount of toxic chemicals released into water (1st)

• Amount of hazardous waste generated (1st)

[MrDiaz]

5. do

you have a link to a site other than DU

[w8liftinglady]

6. here ya go... enjoy

http://texaslsg.org/texasonthebrink/?page_id=27

[MrDiaz]

4. no help from gov. goodhair

But, i got a pretty awesome job down here in houston. But i reallize not everyone is so lucky

[Stinky The Clown]

7. That's awesome.

How awesome for you.

Welcome to the DU.

[MrDiaz]

8. Thank you

[madinmaryland]

9. He created lots of minimum wage jobs with no benefits. nt