Over the fiscal cliff we go!!!!

[Jim in CT]

Now it seems that those in-bred, trailer-trash hicks in Texas somehow have lowered unemployment to 6.2%, and they have a budget surplus of $8 billion. This, in a state that spends a fortune on services for penniless Mexican immigrants. I guess it turns out that you don't need a massive government infastructure to have lower unemployment.

Connecticut is going broke, Texas has more money (and lower unemployment) than they know what to do with. And here in CT, our high and mighty liberal legislature looks down their noses at those right-wing hicks in Texas. And we're going broke.

Obviously oil has a whole lot to do with that. But it's not everything. The typical response would be to say "it's easy for Texas to have a surplus, they have lots of oil". If that's true, why are 'we' (meaning Obama) denying so many drilling permits? Why don't we all follow Texas' example, to the extent we can?

http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7...184800547.html

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Now it seems that those in-bred, trailer-trash hicks in Texas somehow have lowered unemployment to 6.2%, and they have a budget surplus of $8 billion. This, in a state that spends a fortune on services for penniless Mexican immigrants. I guess it turns out that you don't need a massive government infastructure to have lower unemployment.

Connecticut is going broke, Texas has more money (and lower unemployment) than they know what to do with. And here in CT, our high and mighty liberal legislature looks down their noses at those right-wing hicks in Texas. And we're going broke.

Obviously oil has a whole lot to do with that. But it's not everything.

texas sucks, I am going back to my trailer and kick my cousins, er, I mean wife's butt!

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

texas sucks, I am going back to my trailer and kick my cousins, er, I mean wife's butt!

RIJIMMY, come on in out'da swamp, Hee Haw reruns is on TV Land!

If you guys decide to secede, I'm going to have a decision to make...I wonder what the job market is for actuaries in Texas. And I have always wanted to learn how to smoke a good brisket.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

RIJIMMY, come on in out'da swamp, Hee Haw reruns is on TV Land!

If you guys decide to secede, I'm going to have a decision to make...I wonder what the job market is for actuaries in Texas. And I have always wanted to learn how to smoke a good brisket.