9.09.2011

But it's all because of too much federal regulation, right?

Undernews: Great achievements of Rick Perry

 

Great achievements of Rick Perry

From Freak Out Nation:

Texas Ranks #1 in population living below the poverty line ( 17.2 % ).


Worst environmental record in the United States


Ranks #1 in illiteracy


Ranks # 1 on the poorest gun regulations in the US and highest per capita gun murder rates in the US

Ranks #1 with the highest real estate taxes per $1,000 value of a home in the United States


Ranks #1 in the lowest high school graduation rate


Ranks #1 with the highest interest rates “pay day” companies can charge


Ranks # 1 in those making below minimum wage


Ranks 50th ( dead last ) in Teacher Pay


Ranks # 1 (26.5%) who lack health insurance


Ranks # 1 (20.3%) of children who lack health insurance


Ranks # 1 in the highest per capita executions in the world


Ranks # 50th in $ spent for Medicaid for the poor and children

Ranks 50th ( dead last ) in $ spent on its citizens


Ranks # 1 in the # of food insecure children.


Ranks 49th ( the 2nd lowest ) in Medicaid $ given to nursing homes


Ranks 2nd highest in teen births


Ranks #2 with the highest home insurance rates


Ranks #2 with the highest sales ta

Ranks 49th in $ funded for the mentally ill


Ranks #1 with the highest overall pollution rate

Ranks #1 in adults under correctional control


Ranks #1 in adults under probation

 

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