Read his plan for the US here.
Flat tax, tax exempt income to $12,000, spending cap for federal government set at 18% of GDP, a ban on bail-outs......and Texas is not the basketcase other US states have become.
According to Muriel Newman today:
Texas has a small government, with a legislature that meets for only 90 days every two years. Taxes are low and there is no state income tax. As a result, its economy thrives as large and small businesses generate new jobs. Unemployment rates have been below the national average for more than a decade. In spite of weak state sector unions, public services are said to be superior, with education test scores higher than those in many other states.
Americans have been voting with their feet and moving to Texas at double the rate of any other state. Texas is also a magnet to families from abroad, who are attracted by a small, low-tax government that encourages creativity and opportunity.
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If only.
And just to drive it home, compare Texas back to New Zealand.
Texas is an awesome place to live - you can earn less, and still live better, than in New Zealand. Also, it is always nice and hot, and doesn't rain all the goddamn time.
None of this is anything Rick Perry can take any credit for. I am yet to meet anyone here - Democrat or Republican - who has much positive to say about him. He got elected and re-elected mostly because his opponents were so awful. And he is never going to get the nomination, because his insistence on subsidising the education of children of illegal immigrants has sunk his campaign. There will be no comeback.
If it is so good... off you go.Bet you will change you mind pretty fast.
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