Texas Tramples California - every day, in every way

That's right, “Hat and Cattle” Texas Tramples “politically correct and pathetic” California.

“Texas vs. California”—hardly any phrase more succinctly captures the battle going on today for America’s philosophical soul.

“… the subtext of this post should be clear: the Obama administration is behaving as though California were its model for growth. Increasing unfunded liabilities, proposing $1 trillion in new healthcare spending, responding to the economic crisis with new regulatory agencies but balking on the core causes of the problem—all of this and more betrays a sinister psychology of policy making.

“Like California, the Obama team and their congressional allies seem to think that entrepreneurs and business leaders will simply sit there and take it.”
The article points out:

First, Texans on average believe in laissez-faire markets with an emphasis on individual responsibility.

Second, Californians have largely treated environmentalism as a “religious sacrament” rather than as one component among many in maximizing people’s quality of life.

Third, California has placed “ethnic diversity” above “assimilation,” while Texas has done the opposite..

Fourth, beyond taxes, diversity, and the environment, Texas has focused on streamlining the regulatory and litigation burden on its residents.

Let's be perfectly clear, the Texas record is not an accident. Texas is creating more jobs than the rest of the country and number one in business relocation thanks to fiscally conservative leadership -- Gov. Rick Perry, Lt Gov. David Dewhurst, and the Texas legislature. We tip our Stetson to them!

(this is taken from The American – the Journal of American Enterprise Institute’s “The Enterprise Blog” written by Ryan Streeter is a senior fellow at the London-based Legatum Institute.)

http://blog.american.com/?p=7451#sf403389

For more ways Texas is the beacon of fiscal sanity in the country -- prehaps the world -- go to: www.LoneStarStrong.com - Peggy V.