CaféAuLait;4137924 said:"Perry wants us to know some other facts about his long record as Texas governor. His website is proud of his economic policies: Texans enjoy one of the lowest tax burdens in the country and one of the lowest government debt burdens per capita; he cut taxes on small businesses and delivered a historic property tax cut; he protected the states Rainy Day Fund, which has $6 billion set aside for future needs.
Here are some things that Perry never speaks about. Texas has the second-highest poverty rate among the 50 states, behind only Mississippi. It has the second-highest percentage of population without a high school diploma. Texas leads the nation in the percentage of people with no health insurance, over one quarter. It is tied with Mississippi for having the biggest percentage of workers paid at or below the minimum wage."
Listening to Perry you would think Texas is the greatest place on earth!
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Where are you getting your information?
Texas is not second for poverty rates in the US.
51 District of Columbia 21.3% 115
50 Mississippi 20.1% 571
49 Louisiana 18.3% 748
48 New Mexico 17.9% 347
47 Alabama 16.7% 750
List of U.S. states by poverty rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And the numbers which were released for today show:
ATLANTA (AP) - New Census data shows that Georgia's poverty rate was the third highest in the country in 2010, up two spots from last year, with more than 1.8 million residents counted among the poor.
The only states with higher poverty rates in 2010 were Louisiana and Mississippi. Nationally, 15.1 percent of Americans were living in poverty last year
Georgia has 3rd highest poverty rate among states
Let's not quibble. Texas is in the top ten, not much different than all those other red states that are leading the US to economic nirvana.