"Texas’ economy leads the nation. Growth over the last few years has been phenomenal and positive news still abounds: Texas created more net jobs in the last five years than all other states combined. The trend continues in 2010, with the Lone Star State producing more jobs than any other state in the country from April to May. Despite that, many of our citizens and businesses are being negatively impacted by the national recession. That recession is being prolonged by the lack of a clear and cohesive strategy and course of action by our current administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress. As the Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported, U.S. corporations are sitting on $1.6 trillion in cash reserves. That’s a recovery waiting to happen, but no business is going to spend its money when it can’t predict what their future costs will be…
Texas families have to live within their means...and they have every right, I mean every right, to expect their government to do the same. After all, government works for the people, not the other way around. "
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