Did the oil rich parts of the country NOT suffer like the rest of the country during the recession?

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5. What really got my goat about Texas

was how they (sorry again for the generalization DU Texans - this applies to Red State Texas) were always insisting that Democrats just resorting to insulting them while ignoring how obviously wonderful their policies were. Meanwhile they were stealing businesses from other States based on their lack of labor protections (none needed because of relative lack of hard economic times - people could always go find another minimum wage job). Meanwhile people who became disabled in Texas were going through hell because they weren't bothering social infrastructure: they could afford to believe in the "bootstrap" theory because they had the jobs.

I have friends from from Texas, and I got tired of hearing their ongoing BS about how "misunderstood" their beliefs were when their beliefs were depriving people in the rest of the country of basic necessities like food and housing. Those votes in Texas matter. That's a heavyweight state. If they believe that social safety net is unnecessary and people can just run out and "get a job", then they can put the whole country on tilt like a pinball machine.

A little recession might be good for their soul.