Data Prove Amazing Job Growth in Texas
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 18th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Data Prove Amazing Job Growth in Texas
Matthias Shapiro, Political Math
Full disclosure: I don't like Rick Perry for our next president. I have my reasons that aren't worth going into here. However, when I was watching the GOP debate and pro-Perry people started bringing up Rick Perry's job numbers as a cudgel against other candidates, I looked into the BLS data on Texas jobs. Having familiarized myself with the data, I started noticing claims on the Texas jobs data that started popping up that directly contradicted what I was seeing in the data. So I wanted to clear up a couple of these common misconceptions.Note: If you are going to comment and…
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Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
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Larry Kudlow, National Review
Gov. Rick Perry scorched the political pot on Tuesday with a red-hot rhetorical attack on Fed-head Ben Bernanke. When asked about the Fed reopening the monetary spigots, Perry said, "If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don't know what y'all would do to him in Iowa, but we — we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas."And that wasn't all. In a more controversial slam, Perry said, "Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous — or treasonous — in my…
