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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Texas vs. California Update for February 13, 2013
Busy day! Here’s a quick Texas vs. California roundup: Texas economic success is no mirage. More on Rick Perry’s California raid. “I’d take free-market capitalism over socialism any day, and that was the decision that we made,” said Waste Connections … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Global Warming, Texas, unions
Tagged California, environmentalism, Global Warming, Texas, unions
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Rick Perry Trolls California (For Business)
First Texas Governor Rick Perry put up a 30 second radio spot on California airwaves suggesting businesses in the no longer golden state relocate to Texas. Now Perry has gone to California himself to make the same pitch. Says Perry: … Continue reading
Quick Notes from the TPPF Gun Control Conference Call for February 11, 2013
I sat in a Texas Public Policy Foundation teleconference on the current state legislative session, the main topic of which was Texas efforts to fight Democrats gun control agenda at the national level. On hand were Arlene Wohlgemuth, Mario Loyola … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Guns, Texas
Tagged education, gun control, Guns, Mario Loyola, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Texas vs. California Update for Feburay 7, 2013
No sooner did I post yesterday’s California vs. Texas update than all manner of related news pours forth. First, I missed the news that John Stossel did a story on Texas vs. California back in January. That link takes you … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Texas, video
Tagged California, Chuck DeVore, John Stossel, Texas, video
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Texas vs. California Roundup for February 6, 2013
CalPERS: the pension fund that ate California. A tale filled with lies, waste, and outright corruption that’s even worse than I thought (and I thought it plenty bad). Via the indispensable Will Franklin comes this eye-opening comparison of welfare in … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Economics, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, California, fraud, pension crisis, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, unions, waste, Welfare State, WILLisms
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Iran Plays “Make Believe Airplane”
Iran has unveiled an advanced new stealth fighter plane. And by “an advanced new stealth fighter plane,” I mean “a large plastic RC aircraft that’s obviously not suited for combat, stealth, or actually carrying a pilot.” So says many experts … Continue reading
The Joys of Watching Matt Yglesias Miss The Point
It’s always fun to watch liberals stub their toes against reality. This time around it’s JournoLista Matthew Yglesias who is shocked, shocked to discover that trying to start a small business (in his case renting out a spare house) is … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, ObamaCare, Regulation, video
Tagged bureaucrats, Democrats, Matthew Yglesias, ObamaCare, Regulation, video
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LinkSwarm for February 1, 2013
I would say that this was a busy week, but every week is a busy week these days. The only sitting black United States Senator is a Republican…at least until John Kerry’s replacement is sworn in. Speaking of Kerry, Scott … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Foreign Policy, Guns, Texas, unions, video
Tagged Austin, Chuck Hagel, Ed Koch, Foreign Policy, Guns, LinkSwarm, Obituary, Robert Menendez, Scott Brown, Steve Croft, Texas, Tim Scott, UAW, unions, video
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Abbott Rising
There’s much news about Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as of late, so I’m just going to put it all here in this big virtual pile: First, Abbott now has a hefty $18 million in his campaign fund, fueling speculation … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Guns, Republicans, Texas, video
Tagged Greg Abbott, Guns, Republicans, Rick Perry, Texas, video
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Rick Perry’s State of the State Address
Rick Perry delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday. Here’s the complete text. And here’s the speech itself: A mixture of interesting tidbits on the Texas success story, some generic inspirational boilerplate, and some broad outline policy proposals. … Continue reading