You guys have to see how bad it is right now. Here is a link to the PDF made by a score of national and state statisticians. It is actually so bad, that they only score well on tax rates. Everything else is so bad that they are lucky to be out of the top 10 for the worst of anything.
http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_d ... ments3.pdf
Texas: major buget, health, poverty and environment problems
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Texas: major buget, health, poverty and environment problems
Last edited by Erik on Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I didn't get a chance to read it all (due to all of my schooling right now). Â It is worth a look and research when time allots. Â It very well could be a corrupted piece, but I haven't been able to verify either. Â That said, you are probably right!S33 wrote:Erik, it is a freaking political ad, bud. I wouldn't go writing a thesis with the information you've obtained from that article.
It may be politically biased in the point being made, but the facts are the facts. Â Are you going to dispute anything the fine Senator from Texas is saying?
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
--William Jennings Bryan
--William Jennings Bryan
I think that has changed
What California should learn from the Texas budget crisis
The so-called Texas Miracle is in trouble, demonstrating that fashioning fiscal policies strictly along low-tax lines doesn't protect you from budget deficits or business slumps or make your residents necessarily happy or healthy.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/09 ... k-20110209
What California should learn from the Texas budget crisis
The so-called Texas Miracle is in trouble, demonstrating that fashioning fiscal policies strictly along low-tax lines doesn't protect you from budget deficits or business slumps or make your residents necessarily happy or healthy.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/09 ... k-20110209