tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post7520009563517471577..comments2023-10-30T09:10:39.502-07:00Comments on (insert title here): what a fiscal conservative actually looks likeBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-71463296981852944372011-07-21T09:42:21.096-07:002011-07-21T09:42:21.096-07:00The oil industry (or any other big industry) drive...The oil industry (or any other big industry) drives job growth in other sectors. People come to work in oil also by houses, groceries, etc, etc. <br />And the state derives considerable benefit from that...for a long time some of the sweetest academic gigs were to be found in TX. (The downside, naturally, being that you had to live in TX.) <br /><br />My understanding is that housing costs are low there largely because of unrestricted land use, both in terms of having lots of space and virtually no zoning, both of which are very different than CA.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-83474215187289902542011-07-20T17:50:42.936-07:002011-07-20T17:50:42.936-07:00if they were working oil jobs, that may be right.
...if they were working oil jobs, that may be right.<br /><br />these are warehouse workers. the bottom rung of the legal labor force. CA wages couldnt buy groceries. now they have apartments. seems $10/hr goes a lot further there than $10 in CA.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-89660592411245857862011-07-20T10:19:48.316-07:002011-07-20T10:19:48.316-07:00"...something in TX seems to be going right i...<i>"...something in TX seems to be going right in comparison to CA."</i><br /><br />The answer you are looking for there is "oil".Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-75067413512038196312011-07-19T19:20:06.668-07:002011-07-19T19:20:06.668-07:00interesting... he may be the next GOP nominee.
i ...interesting... he may be the next GOP nominee.<br /><br />i dont know how much power the gov of TX has over budgeting. i've heard its a weak governorship when compared to other states. this charge was made against Bush when he was running as a 'sucessful' governor for president of the USA.<br />so, yeah it goes both ways...<br /><br />but TX has a political culture that transcends any one governor, and with their business climate its easy for anybody to run as a former sucessful gov of TX. <br /><br />i dont know TX that well, cept that the Wife insists we move there (its her home state) eventually (I will NOT). but she's welcome to go without me. :)<br /><br />what i DO know: is that several 20yr old h.s dropouts from CA who couldnt work their way out of living in their mom's garage are going there with nothing but the clothes on their back, and within months are able to find jobs and afford 2br apartments for their young families.<br /><br />i wont credit any one governor,just like the failures of CA cant be laid at any one governor either (as much as i dislike the guy) but something in TX seems to be going right in comparison to CA.<br /><br />as for seattle's mayor: los angeles sure could use him. but since he dont speak spanish, he's a woefully unqualified.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com