re: #210 webevintage

Here in AR the buget is OK, BUT the R’s are doing their damnedest to change that.
A few things like lowering the sales tax on used cars and taking 3% more off the grochery tax are good and will help most of us.
On the other hand they want to pass a tax break on manufacturers’ gas and electric bills (not for the rest of us, just corporations) and a capital gains tax exemption which will benefit all of 2% of the population of the state and cost like 96 million.

I meant more in terms of why Texas is not considered a poor state like most other southern states are. Our not being a poor state has allowed us to mask that we have the statistics of a poor state. States like AR, MS, AL and SC catch all kinds of hell and get made fun of for being at the bottom of so many quality of life measures, but we are much better than they are. Rick Perry gets to run around talking about how awesome Texas is in terms of it’s finances, business climate, and governance, but it’s a crock of shit.