Jobs jobs jobs. Rick Perry, governor of Texas, in today’s USA Today Editorial section claims he is the Jobs king of America. Creating more jobs than any other state. And you know what? He’s right. Far right.
He claims many businesses applaud him for creating a business friendly environment. No unions. Right to work laws. No income tax. Tax structure favoring business, and low labor costs. All favoring business growth.
However, what he didn’t mention in his editorial is, Texas has the highest number of low and minimum wage earners in the United States. Many earning below the poverty level. And what he didn’t mention at all is Texas has the highest number of individuals with NO health care or health care insurance. Plus education standards have fallen. Fallen along with the shrinking middle class worker. Many good quality jobs have left the state. Gone to India and China. Talk to Dell Computer about that.
But yes, many jobs have been created on his watch. But to repeat, jobs of low quality and minimum wage. Attracting many undocumented workers. Jobs, which don’t pay into Social Security and worker’s compensation. Contract worker jobs that pay no federal taxes.
So to say the least, Texas may not be all that friendly to the working class blue-collar worker. Don’t go to Texas and expect long term good paying middle class jobs. They just don’t exist. Go somewhere else where they retrain and hire semi-skilled workers. Oklahoma maybe. Perhaps Louisiana. Who knows?
Nonetheless, Rick Perry is only the bluster king of Texas and will soon discover as he campaigns across America that he is just a big bag of gas. Nothing else. Just another George W Bush. Mostly a ‘Pickup cowboy’ and rolling about while spinning tall tales.
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