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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (498176)7/25/2009 12:13:29 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1572002
 
By contrast, Texas was the best state in that poll. It has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. In part this is because Texan banks, hard hit in the last property bust, did not overexpand this time. But as our special report this week explains, Texas also clearly offers a different model, based on small government. It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business-friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state—64 compared with California’s 51 and New York’s 56. And as happens to fashionable places, some erstwhile weaknesses now seem strengths (flat, ugly countryside makes it easier for Dallas-Fort Worth to expand than mountain-and-sea-locked LA), while old conservative stereotypes are being questioned: two leading contenders to be Houston’s next mayor are a black man and a white lesbian. Texas also gets on better with Mexico than California does.

Now what an easy comparison........these days every state looks good compared to CA. Look at the statistics for MN then compare them to 'Christian' TX. By almost every metric I bet MN is superior. The one thing that MN doesn't have that saved TX's butt this recession is oil. The profits gleaned from oil when it was at $150 has helped TX weather the recession very well. Of course in the 1980s, it was a different story.

And then when you're done with that, let's talk about corruption.
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