Republican frontrunner Rick Perry has put his economic record as Texas governor at the heart of his presidential nomination campaign, but a report has painted a stark picture of rising unemployment and spiraling poverty in the state.
The policy paper, published by the Austin-based non-partisan Center for Public Policy Priorities, said poverty in Texas was currently higher than the rest of the US and was growing faster.
The paper said poverty rates in Texas had jumped from 17.3% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2010, and compared them to figures for the US of 14.3% in 2009, rising to 15.1% in 2010. That suggests there are currently around 4.6m Texans living in poverty, which is currently defined as an income of $22,113 a year for a family of four.
Color me not shocked. The job creation in Texas was also to due to stimulus funds - so federal dollars. And yet, he has the gumption to oppose President Obama’s jobs plan.
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Whenever I see politicians claiming state success, while ignoring the federal role, I think of two words: Eskimo poetry.
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