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With the fiery rhetoric of a prairie populist, Gov. Rick Perry calls on “Texas patriots” to protest against “bailouts, all this stimulus, all this runaway spending” in the nation’s capital.
For weeks, the Republican governor has ratcheted up his railing against the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress. Perry’s call for “states’ rights” and a suggestion that Texas could leave the union if it wanted to made national news this week.
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh gave Perry an “Amen, bro,” and host Glenn Beck said he was “thrilled” by Perry’s stand on states’ rights.
The last time Texas did this was when they joined the Confederacy in secession from the Union – opposed to the freeing of slaves.
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But the truth is, Perry’s administration already is expecting to take federal stimulus dollars, and the House today is set to debate a budget that uses $11 billion in stimulus funding to help cover state government operations for the next two years.
The governor has signed off on Texas accepting about $16.5 billion from the federal stimulus package, including $101 million that his office would administer in grants to local law enforcement and crime victims.
Perry is against only the $555 million for unemployment insurance that the state can receive only by changing Texas unemployment law.
But the Senate, rebuffing Perry’s opposition, tentatively agreed to change the law and take the unemployment money.
I think Perry knew what the Senate vote was going to be when he made his populist plea. He was just adding secession to the usual list of mom, apple pie and the Dallas Cowboys as sacred topics. He knows his market.
You have misstated the reason for the secession of the Southern states – it just flat was not about slavery. Similarly, the North did not fight to free the slaves – in fact there were violent riots in NYC because that was not considered a goal worth giving Northern lives for.
>The difference now is that to get out of the economic abyss and ginormous deficits you gave us, new spending is the bitter medicine you are
So Bush’s deficits of hundreds of billions of dollars were bad, but the solution is to have deficits in the trillions of dollars?
I used to belittle the deficits are bad argument when you guys would post the occasional ‘Is the US bankrupt?’ post. The reason being that most of that deficit comes from future projected spending in Medicare and Social Security of tens of trillions of dollars. A few hundred billion here or there doesn’t change that number. Now we are talking about trillion dollar deficits per year. That is a big difference, and shows that the Democrats were lying when they said they cared about deficits.
#35Sadly, we’ll need Texas for the Solar and wind power. Just the land though.
You need us for looting as well. Texas has the second highest gross state product in the nation of which we receive only 94% of what Washington takes. Texas also holds the most Fortune 500 company headquarters in the United States.
Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States. Texas leads the nation livestock production. Cattle is the state’s most valuable agricultural product, and the state leads nationally in production of sheep and goat products. Texas leads the nation in production of cotton. The state grows significant amounts of cereal crops and produce. Texas has a large commercial fishing industry. With mineral resources, Texas leads in creating cement, crushed stone, lime, salt, sand and gravel.
Texas has known petroleum deposits of about 5 billion barrels (790,000,000 m3), which makes up approximately one-fourth of the known U.S. reserves.
Texas also leads in natural gas production, producing one-fourth of the nation’s supply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas
Yeah, let us go. Starve and freeze.
http://blog.heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wapoobamabudget1.jpg
It might be worth it anyway. 😉
LibertyLover, as Dilbert could remind you oil is a fungible commodity. Letting Texas go would enable liberals to pass more restrictions on oil drilling, since it would be more than offset by Texas’s additional drilling. THis lowers the prices and liberals can claim their slutions worked.
Rick Perry–idiot stew for idiot voters. The term “anti-American” gets thrown about quite easily on blogs but how can you get much closer to a real instance of it than to talk about secession no matter what the issue is much less “made up” ones like increasing taxes on 5% of taxpayers by up to 3%?
Take the tin foil caps off HATERS! You have been revealed for the HATERS you always have been. Just no more protective covering issues like guns, god, and gays.
Hah, Hah. Beyond stooopid.
#39 Hell I’m staying in Texas!! When farming and fossil fuels go out of style, my high tech position is golden!
#38 Good point on future projected spending but the Medicare issue is one of those things that continue to get swept under the rug. Nobody has the balls to tackle that gnarly issue until now. This is why it is raising it’s ugly head and you (we) don;t like it.
It’s time to stop passing this turd around. At a minimum, medical care coverage is costing US businesses the ability to compete on a WW basis. Look at the charts if you work for a major corporation as I do. It’s a HUGE issue, it’s an economic national security issue.
# 44 Dallas said, “At a minimum, medical care coverage is costing US businesses the ability to compete on a WW basis.”
Umm, if it hurts them they will pay voluntarily. No need for the gov to threaten businesses to pay. Unless, your statement is total BS…
Which part is BS? The burden of healthcare does impose a disadvantage on US business.
I’ve never understood about this. You’d think a national healthcareplan would be favored by business, and there fore be favored by pro-business conservatives.
Unless the ultimate business solution is to not pay for healthcare, nor any taxes, nor pay the workers any more. Its a triple win for business.
# 46 tcc3 said, “The burden of healthcare does impose a disadvantage on US business.”
Umm, who would pay for nat H.C.? Hmm?
Some of it would admittedly come from tax on Businesses. But it should cost them less than what they’re on the hook for now.
Like I said: Their ideal solution would be to exploit customers and workers alike, make ridiculous profits and give nothing back.
# 48 tcc3 said, “But it should cost them less than what they’re on the hook for now.”
How so? Please give details, not supposition.
Yeah, I’m going to solve the healthcare crisis on a blog in 256 characters or less. I’ve just been holding back till now.
Seems like economies of scale would kick in. Its the same reason why companies use group heathcare coverage now.
# 50 tcc3 said, “Yeah, I’m going to solve the healthcare crisis on a blog in 256 characters or less. I’ve just been holding back till now.”
So, what you are saying is that Nat H.C. will cost businesses less than the current system but you have NO clue as to how.
Got it. Don’t feel bad. Obama seems as knowledgeable on the subject as you.
Yeah let see them try.
I met a lot of Texans and they were all, OK. They are misrepresented.
I didn’t say no clue. I gave a reasonable response.
Whats your solution?
#51–Paddy-OH-Troll==you really are insufferable. The cost savings for a national healthcare plan have been long identified. In the main, from 15-30% of cost can be saved/reinvested in actual healthcare by elimination of duplicative administrative services and the cost of adverse group identification and selection. There is also another 5-10% savings by providing wellness care rather than waiting until chronic conditions become emergency cases.
After that, with a national healthplan in place, IMPOSITION of managed resources could easily save another 25-25% percent with minimal impact on waiting times.
After that, things get more debatable. Only a few groups are adversely affected: doctors, lawyers, insurance companies. Everyone else benefits.
I assume you already know this and are just playing the asshat you enjoy so much.
# 53 tcc3 said, “I gave a reasonable response.”
No, you didn’t. You said it would save businesses $ but couldn’t back up that claim. You think that “reasonable”?
What is the thought process behind asserting something as true for which you no ZERO evidence of? Let’s start there.
BTW – I never put forward a “solution”. I’ll give you an example. A person is shot and bleeding and I don’t know how to save him. A person walks up and says let’s “bleed” him that’ll help. I respond, “How will that help him with blood loss?”
So, explain your thought process, or are you running off of emotion only?
# 54 bobbo said, “…”
So, Booboo. Give ONE example of a nation wide private sector industry that after being taken over by the Fed Gov’t, has been run more efficiently than it was by the private sector…
I’m waiting…
#56,
Freedom:
Main Entry: free·dom
Pronunciation: \ˈfrē-dəm\
Function: noun
Date: before 12th century
1: the ability to sit on your ass while others work to pay for you to do it:
2: note: there are other archaic meanings but they are too politically incorrect to list.
#57–Paddy-Zero==
USPO
Energy Production and Distribution
Water Safety and Distribution
Veterans Healthcare
Air Traffic Control and Safety
Most things that require a “national” approach and that in fact aren’t much affected by “local” needs.
#59–>
> USPO
Only because the Federal Government won’t allow private carriers in this field. Look up the Long Island case where someone was running a more profitable post office. USPO shut them down.
> Energy Production and Distribution
If you are referring to TVA, you are sadly mistaken. They operate at a loss. As do the other government owned operations.
> Water Safety and Distribution
Debatable. I’ve seen efficient private entities. I live in a community where it is privately owned and we’re cheaper than the big city down the road.
> Veterans Healthcare
Puh-LEAZE! The waiting time for first appointments is anywhere from 30 days to six months. They may spend less per patient, but how many die before they ever get to see a doctor?
> Air Traffic Control and Safety
It is being privatized as you read this because it’s cheaper.
#61–rednecker free marketeer==well, congrats, you avoiding the “worst” responses.
Yes==take any national system that SERVES EVERYONE and you would have to be redneck stoopid not to be able to find/craft MANY EXAMPLES of leeches being able to do some part of it cheaper.
The examples, and more, STAND. There are “abuses” no matter what the system. Silly to criticize the government based solutions while PRETENDING the private market has no downside at all. That is what brought us to our current DEBACLE!!!!!
Take off the tin foil caps.
Texas gets back 94 cents for every dollar they send to the feds, California only gets back 75 cents. And we send more twice as many dollars as Texas.
Maybe California should secede and we could balance our budget.
# 60 bobbo said,
USPO
Energy Production and Distribution
Water Safety and Distribution
Veterans Healthcare
Air Traffic Control and Safety
USPO is failing and needs tax payer bailout.
US doesn’t have nationalized Energy production’
VA HC is a shambles
ATC is along the lines of police, border control – Not a private industry.
Another epic fail by Booboo. Stick to picnic baskets.
The big three automakers have fought to preserve Canada’s socialized medicare. It saves them money.
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/sp051215a.shtml
# 65 Canucklehead said, “The big three automakers have fought to preserve Canada’s socialized medicare. It saves them money.”
Actually, it only saves them money if they want to pay fully for emp HC. Otherwise no.
#63 altrenda said,
“Texas gets back 94 cents for every dollar they send to the feds, California only gets back 75 cents. And we send more twice as many dollars as Texas.”
I believe you. This sounds about right. I ask the favor, could you direct me to where these numbers are posted?
I want to find out which state gets more than $1:00 for each dollar taxed.
I bet that would be very interesting.