Wish Governor Perry a Happy Birthday!

Texas' First Lady Anita Perry would love for you to join her & sign his birthday card. Let’s let our Governor know how much we appreciate all his efforts to keep Texas strong!
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How To Win, Texas Style

March 2013

SiteSelection.com

Mark Arend

Not so fast, Buckeyes. Texas is back in a big way with a commanding first-place finish in the 2012 facilities race to claim the Governor’s Cup after a 34-project loss to Ohio last year. Not only did Texas reclaim the coveted trophy, but it did so with a whopping 761 projects, 270 more than first runner-up Ohio, which held its own relative to last year’s tally with just seven fewer projects (491). Pennsylvania keeps its third-place finish (430), and Michigan (337) and Illinois (322) round out the top five.

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The Reverse-Joads of California

March 3, 2013

The Wall Street Journal

Allysia Finley

During the Great Depression, some 1.3 million Americans—epitomized by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"—flocked to California from the heartland. To keep out the so-called Okies, the state enacted a law barring indigent migrants (the law was later declared unconstitutional). Los Angeles even set up a border patrol on the city limits. Soon the state may need to build a fence to keep latter-day Joads from leaving.

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Left's Howls Against Rick Perry's Texas Prove Its Low-Tax Model Is A Success

February 19, 2013

Investors.com

IBD Editorial

Taxation: Governor Rick Perry took a lot of ridicule for his efforts to lure California's tax-strangled businesses to his home state of Texas. If that's so ridiculous, how come it's his leftist critics showing all the hysteria?

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