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Some More Facts About Rick Perry's 'Texas Miracle'

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Targetpractice8/17/2011 10:20:24 am PDT

re: #15 engineer dog

- It has the fourth-highest poverty rate of any state
- It tied with Mississippi last year for the highest percentage of workers in minimum-wage jobs
- It ranks first in adults without high school diplomas
- Twenty-six percent of Texans have no health insurance — the highest percentage of medically uninsured residents of any state
- It leads the nation in the percentage of children who lack medical insurance
- Texas has an inordinate number of employers who provide no insurance to their workers

there’s your whole republican platform right there

Thing is, I’m becoming more and more convinced that all folks are gonna hear is “I cut taxes and regulations and jobs sprung up! Hallelujah, I’m a miracle worker!”