The Truth About Rick Perry’s ‘Texas Job Miracle’ In One Chart
Rick Perry believes that the federal government is really “intruding on our lives”—except when it helps him look good. Take a look at where all these Texas jobs really came from:
Rick Perry believes that the federal government is really “intruding on our lives”—except when it helps him look good. Take a look at where all these Texas jobs really came from:
We’ll give you one guess. Ready?
The pattern is pretty clear.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin proved that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 actually grew the economy and created millions of jobs. Just take a look at that red $544 billion number.
Speaking of Big Oil . . .
Speaking of equal rights for equal pay . . .
The unemployment rate (dark purple line) would be a lot lower if John Boehner and the tea party hadn’t forced cuts that led to pink slips for all those federal, state, and municipal employees (pink line). Take a look:
Check it out:
There’s a correlation between union membership and middle class income.
No, not really. But these charts are a hella funny way to come down from the anxiety of the debt ceiling crisis.