Tears Of A Clown

http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/09/perry-fan-mass-visit-state-tuesday/HHLnziOa2brAbzOebQiVbM/index.html

Thoughts:

First off why is this GW Bush clone coming to my backyard to tout the politics of his state when mine is thriving quite well. Here's the facts:

Massachusetts of late was ranked 4th in state job growth, Texas ranks 2nd (so thats not too much of a difference in rankings, and also may I point out most of those jobs were part-time retail and government jobs) . When it comes to unemployment Texas has a 8.4 % to Massachusetts 7.5, in fact Massachusetts was 9.2 percent last March and in that time Texas has continued to climb from 7.5 to 8.4. Also Texas has a poverty rate of 16.2 to Massachusetts's 10.1 (not impressive for either states, but Mass has been offering more programs to help while Texas has been cutting them). Look at education, Massachusetts ranks 1st in state education compared to Texas's 31st and also having one of the worst high school drop out rates in the nation. Health care (essential to everyday life), nearly 20% of Texans are uninsured while in Massachusetts only 3% uninsured.

 So what's he touting about?

Perhaps Deval Patrick (2007 44th in the country in state job growth when taking office to 4th in a double-dip recession 2011) should go to Texas and do some bragging. Because the reality is those facts prove Massachusetts has a better quality of life for it's citizens. YEAH I'M MESSING WITH YOU TEXAS!!! Except Austin, KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD!