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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
Keep in mind that the Libertarians back Ron Paul, because that is what he is. Paul has stated that he moved to the Republican Party because he couldn't get anything done, couldn't get a voice or platform on an Independent ticket.
Addressing the Lance Armstrong Medical Research Center:
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Amid Budget Mess, Should Texas Be in Cancer Business?
2/17/11
The fact that the governor is behind it, and voters approved it, certainly gives it some protection, he said — that along with the good work the institute has done in a short time frame.
I am looking at the dates with all the Countrywide stuff. With the Democrats reporting that all was well, I don't know how Perry could have known it would fall apart.
Addressing Countrywide Financial:
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Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks Regarding Countrywide Financing
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 • Speech
Today we are not only building upon the Enterprise Fund’s tremendous record of creating jobs, we are unveiling its crowning jewel. I am proud to announce that the state of Texas is investing $20 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund to help Countrywide Financial bring 7,500 additional jobs to Texas over the next 6 years. This is the largest job creation announcement in the United States since 2000 according to Site Selection Magazine, and proof that the Enterprise Fund is a key reason Texas is leading the nation to economic recovery. You can consider the Countrywide expansion to be “Exhibit A” as to why we need to continue to invest state dollars in the Texas Enterprise Fund.
Countrywide says Texas job creation ahead of schedule
January 30, 2008
AUSTIN (AP) - Countrywide Financial Corp. met its Texas job creation commitment for 2007 despite jobs cuts in some offices amid the mortgage industry's troubles, the company announced Wednesday.
The company agreed in its 2004 Texas Enterprise Fund contract with the state to add at least 4,000 jobs in Texas by the end of 2007. The company said in a prepared statement that it exceeded that mark, creating 4,656.
Nearly all were created during the first two years, with with the company netting just 126 more new jobs in 2007.
In 2003, Perry signed legislation that created the Texas Enterprise Fund to enhance the development of the Texas economy. In 2004, he authorized the fund to grant $20 million to Countrywide Financial in return for a promise "to create 7,500 new jobs in the state by 2010." Critics argue those jobs would have been created with or without tax payer money. The grant (all of which are approved by the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House) is one of the largest made from the fund in terms of the size and the number of jobs promised. In the fall of 2007, while slashing jobs and with its stock price plummeting, Countrywide assured Perry's office that the company "believed" it would meet its 2010 commitment[37] only to be acquired in a fire sale two months later by Bank of America. Thanks to the "claw-back" provisions in the program, grantees return funds to the state for jobs not created.
AIG sues Bank of America for $10B over mortgages
Monday, August 08, 2011
Bank of America wrote a number of bad mortgages, but it is in worse shape than other major banks like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. because of its purchase of Countrywide for $4 billion in 2008.
Dose of Reason: Perry and Gardasil
August 12, 2011
Governor Rick Perry has been criticized for his February, 2007 Executive Order that made the vaccine mandatory for girls before entering the 6th grade. Very little is said about the part of the EO that affirmed the right of and facilitated parents who wish to “opt out” of not only Gardasil, but other vaccines as well.
There were bureaucrats who maintained that the only way to get the form with the seal was to go to Austin, find the right office and make the request in person. Perry used his EO to tell the Director of DSHS to make the request (and the seal) available on-line, making it easier to “opt out.”
In fact, the reason for the Executive Order was to speed up private insurance coverage and to make it easier for parents to exercise their right to opt out.
That was a big issue. I know Gov. Perry commented that he was trying to keep up with the growth in our state. Some say a bad idea. This article paints a negative for him during his presidential run. But, notice this paragraph:
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Rick Perry's NAFTA Superhighway Problem
8/12/11
Perry is hoping the NAFTA Superhighway quietly fades away. But has it really gone away? The controversial financing mechanism behind it that leases right-of-way to a private company – often Cintra – is still being used for freeways. That funding, known as Comprehensive Development Agreements, was recently used to build a toll road bypass to the Austin area, SH 130, considered part of the Trans-Texas Corridor. Trucks on Interstate 35 are still a big problem during rush hour in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, so eventually a separate road will need to be built for them similar to what the Trans-Texas Corridor called for. On July 6, the Obama administration struck a deal with Mexico to re-open access to the U.S. for certified Mexican truckers. http://townhall.com/columnists/rache...problem/page/2
From the article, I can see Gov. Perry's dilemma and it's having to be done anyway. SH 130 takes me straight to one of my sister's homes close to Georgetown. It's pretty easy, less traffic.
PO, do you know Perry's stand on social security and medicare? I read a moveon.org article that says he believes they are unconstitutional.
His point of view is always about "state's rights".
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PERRY: I don’t think our founding fathers when they were putting the term “general welfare” in there were thinking about a federally operated program of pensions nor a federally operated program of health care. What they clearly said was that those were issues that the states need to address. Not the federal government. I stand very clear on that. From my perspective, the states could substantially better operate those programs if that’s what those states decided to do.
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