Despite what you’ve heard from liberal pundits, Texas really is leading the nation in job growth, according to the Political math blog
As you can see, Texas isn’t just the fastest growing… it’s growing over twice as fast as the second fastest state and three times as fast as the third. Given that Texas is (to borrow a technical term) f***ing huge, this growth is incredible.
People are flocking to Texas in massive numbers. This is speculative, but it *seems* that people are moving to Texas looking for jobs rather than moving to Texas for a job they already have lined up. This would explain why Texas is adding jobs faster than any other state but still has a relatively high unemployment rate.
They’re also high paying jobs: “Since the recession started hourly wages in Texas have increased at a 6th fastest pace in the nation.” And, if you subtract people who moved to the state, Texas has the lowest unemployment rate in the country.
For more anecdotal evidence, look at this piece from entrepreneur Erica Douglass about why she’s moving from California to Austin. The “Amazon Tax” was the final straw.
Erica, on behalf of free-market bloggers in the Greater Austin area, howdy! I think you’re going to like it here…
(Hat tips: Texas Iconoclast and Instapundit.)
Tags: California, Economics, jobs, Rick Perry, Taxes, Texas