When I read this yesterday I wasn’t surprised.
Gov. Rick Perry today told the federal government that Texas doesn’t want $555 million to expand benefits for the unemployed in exchange for widening the program to include part-time workers.
The Legislature can decide to accept the money, but Perry said the state has repeatedly rejected [...]




Saying It’s So Don’t Make It So…
What happens when credit markets seize up? We are beginning to see the result now: Businesses can’t expand or don’t open, houses aren’t bought or sold, and economic growth slows to a crawl. In minority communities, where banks once welcomed residents’ deposits but refused to lend to them, similar economic stagnation resulted.
So it’s [...]