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Prophet 451

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17. It's a few things

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 11:53 PM

Oct 2014

Firstly, Texas is a state with no minimum wage (just the federal one), minimal business regulations and a virtually non-existent safety net. The first and third make people desperate and teh second makes it attractive for business to move to Texas as Perry has been wooing them to do.

Additionally, most of the jobs created are minimum wage and/or part-time. And the state population is rapidly growing.

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How can this be true? Texas made up 43% of total gain in jobs in the country? [View all] Maraya1969 Oct 2014 OP

How many of those were jobs transferred from other states? TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #1

Important point. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #24

Not surprising actually yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #2

Houston is booming from the petro and fracking industries along with others. adirondacker Oct 2014 #3

Right now it's just an editorial on a site I never heard of arcane1 Oct 2014 #4

Heck, they don't link to the Texas numbers, just the national ones. arcane1 Oct 2014 #8

What happens if you use the number plus the number of jobs lost from the recession Obama was given? Maraya1969 Oct 2014 #12

Some of it is poaching jobs from other states mythology Oct 2014 #5

It's the fracking. Small towns are feeling the effects of it. Avalux Oct 2014 #6

actually that is likely correct dsc Oct 2014 #7

Here is something from FactCheck. And also if you include the jobs lost in 2009 because of bush you Maraya1969 Oct 2014 #14

Perry has done a great job handling underemployment Bad Thoughts Oct 2014 #9

"net job creation" numbers are slippery. rogerashton Oct 2014 #10

Texas has a large population Roselma Oct 2014 #11

I'm too tired to do any math, but here's a link to Politifact LeftInTX Oct 2014 #13

Oil field jobs are going crazy Gman Oct 2014 #15

Population growth Recursion Oct 2014 #16

It's a few things Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #17

misleading statistics Cicada Oct 2014 #18

Exactly. Some states gained jobs, some lost jobs. eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #21

I had to return this book to the library, but I strongly recommend it renate Oct 2014 #19

Most of them were blow jobs for the Koch brothers Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #20

Has nothing to do with Perry. Fracking and oil boom. Rex Oct 2014 #22

Received this email from "Progress Texas" TexasProgresive Oct 2014 #23