Texas has the 2nd highest POVERTY RATE in the Nation!

[Inthemiddle]

Another option is to get a room mate to share the rent.

Sure, so you can get a two room place in a bad part of town for $600 a month, or you can get a two bedroom place on a good side of town for $2000 a month, and split it $1000 each, which would still be 40% of said income.

 

[Inthemiddle]

They also experience federal income taxes, which the lower 50% of earners do not.

Untrue.

Untrue means that the lower 50% DO pay federal income taxes. OK, only the lower 47% don't pay federal income taxes.

Untrue.

 

[Samson]

"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 state’s 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!

Odd that despite all that, Mexicans cannot be kept out.......

 

[Inthemiddle]

"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 state’s 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!

Odd that despite all that, Mexicans cannot be kept out.......

You think that has anything to do with Texas being some kind of great place? Or maybe it has to do with a failed border policy and Mexican policies that encourage illegal immigration into the US.

 

[Samson]

"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 state’s 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!

Odd that despite all that, Mexicans cannot be kept out.......

You think that has anything to do with Texas being some kind of great place? Or maybe it has to do with a failed border policy and Mexican policies that encourage illegal immigration into the US.

You're probably correct: The Texas Border Policy is also far too lax on Californians and New Yorkers.

Texas has seen a migration of businesses and workers from other states, including California and New York, adding more people than any other state in the country

 

[Inthemiddle]

Okay, so are you here to discuss anything on topic, or are you just here to bring up random tidbits that reach no point?

 

[Samson]

Wow.

Dawn of the dead thread...

Are you referring to all the mindless hoards of Jealous New Englanders?

 

[Samson]

Okay, so are you here to discuss anything on topic, or are you just here to bring up random tidbits that reach no point?

I'm here to illustrate that the "poverty rate" is an insignificant factor when compared to the advantages of living and doing business in Texas listed in the OP.

Otherwise, people would not be moving there.


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[Inthemiddle]

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[Samson]

The Texas Border Policy is also far too lax on Californians and New Yorkers.

Texas has seen a migration of businesses and workers from other states, including California and New York, adding more people than any other state in the country

 

[Inthemiddle]

California and New York....bursting at the seams with immigrants donchyaknow?

 

[Too Tall]

Untrue.

Untrue means that the lower 50% DO pay federal income taxes. OK, only the lower 47% don't pay federal income taxes.

Untrue.

Here are two links that say it is true.

Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax. The Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that 46 percent of households will owe no federal income tax for 2011. [1] A widely cited figure is a Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that 51 percent of households paid no federal income tax in 2009.[2] (The TPC figure for 2009 also is 51 percent.) [3]

Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes

In 2009, according to a memo from the Joint Committee on Taxation, a bi-partisan Congressional committee, only 49 percent of Americans owed money on their Federal income tax returns [source: PolitiFact]. So yes, it's true that more than half of all Americans paid no Federal income tax in the tax year 2009, and the number of people who did pay taxes was even lower -- 51 percent, not 53 percent. For tax year 2011, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center estimates that only 54 percent of Americans will pay Federal income tax.

HowStuffWorks "Is it true that only 53 percent of Americans pay income tax?"

 

[Samson]

California and New York....bursting at the seams with immigrants donchyaknow?

Most seem to believe they are states.........Part of the USA? You may have heard of them.....


...but I'm not optimistic.

 

[Inthemiddle]

Untrue means that the lower 50% DO pay federal income taxes. OK, only the lower 47% don't pay federal income taxes.

Untrue.

Here are two links that say it is true.

Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax. The Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that 46 percent of households will owe no federal income tax for 2011. [1] A widely cited figure is a Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that 51 percent of households paid no federal income tax in 2009.[2] (The TPC figure for 2009 also is 51 percent.) [3]

Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes

In 2009, according to a memo from the Joint Committee on Taxation, a bi-partisan Congressional committee, only 49 percent of Americans owed money on their Federal income tax returns [source: PolitiFact]. So yes, it's true that more than half of all Americans paid no Federal income tax in the tax year 2009, and the number of people who did pay taxes was even lower -- 51 percent, not 53 percent. For tax year 2011, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center estimates that only 54 percent of Americans will pay Federal income tax.

HowStuffWorks "Is it true that only 53 percent of Americans pay income tax?"

And where does that say that this phenomena is based strictly on how much money a person makes? There are plenty of people who make a great deal of money, and end up paying no income taxes, based on their personal situation creating a plethora of loopholes and deductions that they can take advantage of. Utilization of loopholes and deductions overwhelmingly favor higher income earners, since lower income earners have less ability and/or opportunity to have expenses that will qualify them for such. Under the tax code for 2012, an individual with no dependents would have to make LESS than $9501 a year in order to have a zero tax liability, without the application of special loop holes or deductions. This is why the tripe about the "bottom" X% not paying taxes continues to be a failed argument.

 

[Too Tall]

Another option is to get a room mate to share the rent.

Sure, so you can get a two room place in a bad part of town for $600 a month, or you can get a two bedroom place on a good side of town for $2000 a month, and split it $1000 each, which would still be 40% of said income.

You posted this:

The only other options are going to cost you $1500 a month.

And then moved the goal posts to $2000. End of conversation.

 

[Inthemiddle]

Another option is to get a room mate to share the rent.

Sure, so you can get a two room place in a bad part of town for $600 a month, or you can get a two bedroom place on a good side of town for $2000 a month, and split it $1000 each, which would still be 40% of said income.

You posted this:

The only other options are going to cost you $1500 a month.

And then moved the goal posts to $2000. End of conversation.

You're the one that introduced the two bedroom scenario into the discussion, not me.