California's mess not Texas' fault

Steve Greenhut reports:

As California's budget battle continues, Republicans and Democrats have engaged in a rhetorical battle regarding the relative merits and demerits of our lovely state and one of the nation's other megastates, Texas. This debate started after a legislative delegation made up mostly of Republicans went eastward in April to meet with Lone Star State officials to learn about job growth; it has re-emerged as Texas Gov. Rick Perry is being mentioned as a potential GOP presidential hopeful.
"From 2008 to 2010, Texas added more than 165,000 jobs," said Assemblyman Dan Logue, the Marysville area Republican who organized the fact-finding mission. "During that same time period, California lost 1.2 million jobs. In terms of creating jobs, Texas is clearly doing something right, and California is doing something wrong."

I read that quotation on the website of Gov. Perry, who is known for his trips to California to encourage our state's highly taxed and regulated businesses to move to his state, where they are welcomed rather than treated like pariahs. The Los Angeles County city of Vernon, targeted for extinction in the wake of a corruption scandal, has even run ads blasting Texas for trying to steal its businesses.

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