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Political Factoid
Texas's claim to fame* in 2011:
- State with the highest percent without
health insurance (25%)
- Governor working to get Texas to
op out of Medicaid,
- Texas unemployment rising faster
than other states
- 23 states have lower unemployment rate
- People in Texas overall are making less
than in the rest of the country
- Wages up only 0.6%
(compared to 5.0% for the rest
of the U.S.)
- State with the highest percentage of
people making minimum wage or less.
- A lower minimum wage than
many other states
- Texas is among the top five states
in the country that employs
agriculture workers, more than
50 percent of whom are undocumented.
- Texas is more dependent upon federal
stimulus funds than any other state
- $9.0 billion state budget deficit
- 4th worst budget deficit in country
(only CA, NJ, NY worst)
- The fifth worst budget shortfall
as percent of the budget (20%)
- No corporate income taxes
i.e., no corporation paying its fair share
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Under Republican Governor Rick Perry
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cf.
2111,
2126,
2127
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