They are certainly trying their best – from the Wall Street Journal:
Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net new American jobs since the recovery began were created in Texas…
Texans, all told, don’t even make up 10% of the American population, yet they have created 37% of the new jobs in America. That is a remarkable achievement. How has it been done? By conservative, Republican economic policies – low taxes, low regulations, business friendly. Additionally, tough on crime; tort reform; being pro-family. In other words, Texas is governed in a manner best suited to meet the needs of average, everyday people who just want to work and get on with their lives – it isn’t a plaything for liberal crackpots.
As an aside, this is just about the best sort of news the Texas governor can have, if he’s really thinking of running for President…
