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To: Brumar89 who wrote (619972)	7/18/2011 5:07:44 PM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575955

You are kidding...right? >>" The Obama administration should thank Rick Perry and the TX legislature for the economic benefit they've provided to the nation. "<< All 240 counties of Texas are pleading for special appropriation Federal Funds for drought relief and this after their governor said they should secede from the Union. Let them go and they can take care of their own global warming problems and after we take away all their Socialism military bases with all its employment benefits for Texas civilians let's see what their employment and $20,000,000,000 Budget Deficit looks like.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (619972)	7/18/2011 5:58:38 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575955

Comparing the rate of job growth of Texas to the U.S. and to other states is one of the simplest and most informative comparisons. However, growth rates alone do not tell us how much Texas is contributing to national growth. One option is calculating what U.S. job growth would be without Texas. For example, through May 2011, year-to-date annualized Texas job growth was 2.34 percent, and annualized U.S. job growth was 1.45 percent. Without the Texas gains, annualized U.S. job growth would have been 1.26 percent (Table 1). Kudos to TX on its job growth but I find it a bit awkward that the Dallas Fed would figure out what US growth would be without including TX's growth. First time I've seen them do that. Interesting how its the TX fed.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (619972)	7/28/2011 7:24:40 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575955

CME Group calls tax situation 'untenable;' says it may exit state Reuters 10:53 AM CDT, July 28, 2011 chicagotribune.com CME Group Inc. is evaluating whether to move some operations to other states from Chicago to reduce its taxes, but it has not decided on an exact timeline, CEO Craig Donohue said Thursday. "Our tax situation is untenable," Donohue told Reuters, noting that CME is taxed more heavily than any of its global competitors. The company is talking with at least three states -- Texas, Florida and Tennessee -- about relocating some of its business to take advantage of lower tax rates there, Donohue said. CME has been based in Chicago since the founding of its oldest market, the Chicago Board of Trade, in 1848. CME has no specific time frame for moving, Donohue said, and does not plan to shut its Chicago-based trading floor. But he said the possibility of moving other operations is real. "I don't think CME group is different from other companies" that relocate to more "hospitable" business environments, he said.