Do you realize that Texas,a red state,has some of the lowest taxes in the nation and a surplus of money( I think but don't quote me the second highest surplus they have ever had). How does that work? I thought you had to raise taxes to gain revenue? Odd
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OK, stop drinking the Kool aid and lets look at that a bit more closely .......
Texas ranks last in US literacy rankings.
http://www.literacytexas.org/index.php/resources/literacy_facts/
Texas ranks last in health care and health care outcomes.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/daily-reports/2012/july/06/states-roundup.aspx
Texas is the 10th most polluted most toxic state, 1st on mercury pollution....
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/daily-reports/2012/july/06/states-roundup.aspx
Texas is ranked the 13th worst state to live in (by its own citizens)....
Texas has the 16th worst unemployment.
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Texas takes $44BILLION more than it gives in federal dollars, for every $2 they give they get back $3...want to know why they may have some money?
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/forget-the-rhetoric-texas-does-well-on-federal-funding/
etc etc ... on almost every scale imaginable. Careful what you brag about
Do you realize that Texas,a red state,has some of the lowest taxes in the nation and a surplus of money( I think but don't quote me the second highest surplus they have ever had). How does that work? I thought you had to raise taxes to gain revenue? Odd
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