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Title: Anita Perry Defends Her Husband’s Job Creation Record: ‘People Are Hungry For’ Minimum Wage Jobs
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URL Source: http://thinkprogress.org/
Published: Sep 28, 2011
Author: http://thinkprogress.org/
Post Date: 2011-09-28 19:00:16 by tom007
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Anita Perry Defends Her Husband’s Job Creation Record: ‘People Are Hungry For’ Minimum Wage Jobs By Marie Diamond on Sep 28, 2011 at 4:30 pm Anita Perry, the wife of presidential contender and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), took to the campaign trail in Iowa today to defend her husband against a growing wave of criticism and scrutiny from the right. In between brushing away criticism of her husband’s debate performance and positions on immigration and the HPV vaccine, she made a surprising admission. While parroting her husband’s jobs claims, she also conceded that not all the jobs Texas has created during her husband’s tenure are high-paying jobs — in fact, Texas has the highest percentage of minimum wage jobs in the country. But Perry says that’s the sort of job people are “hungry for”: PERRY: He knows how to create jobs…We have 1,500 people moving to Texas every day to find a job. I’m not going to tell you they’re all high-paying jobs, but they’re a job, even if they’re a minimum wage job. And that’s what people are hungry for. American Bridge captured the video: Anita Perry’s claim that people are “hungry” for minimum wage job ignores the obvious truth that families are barely scraping by on those jobs and would much rather prefer higher wages. As ThinkProgress has reported, the so-called “Texas miracle” of job creation Gov. Perry touts as a key reason to elect him is nothing but smoke and mirrors, built on a boom in government jobs, population growth and low wage jobs. Texas has by far the largest number of employees working at or below the federal minimum wage compared to any state. In fact, Texas’ jobs numbers are moving in exactly the wrong direction. The unemployment rate in Texas has been steadily increasing throughout the recession, and went from 7.7 to 8.2 percent while the state was supposedly creating 40 percent of all the new jobs in the U.S. When you account for labor force growth, Texas ranks dead last in total job creation. Despite Perry’s claims that government can’t create jobs, he’s actually depended disproportionately on government jobs — between 2007 and 2010, 47 percent of government jobs were created in Texas. As for Anita Perry, the Austin-American Statesman reports that she depends mostly on her husband’s backers for her $60,000-a-year salary. Her salary from the nonprofit where she works “comes indirectly from Gov. Rick Perry’s political donors, state contractors and companies that do business with the state or have issues before the Legislature.” In fact, contributing to Anita Perry’s nonprofit has become yet another legal way those looking to curry favor with Perry’s administration “pay to play.”
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Bye bye Perry! lol
Let me translate that bullshit: Mexicans are crossing the border every day to stand outside of Home Depot's across the state, every morning, to find a job for one or two days. Meanwhile, Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth is losing 300+ jobs held by educated white people.
Thanks for the x-lation. I know you're fluent in Texan.
Anita - you NWO skank.
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson I'm doing a job re-tiling a patio because the outside the home depot crew that did the original job had no idea about the relationship between cement slab, thin-set and tile. over 600 square feet and less than ten that's right ten tiles (16x16) were actually seated. on the bright side it gave my son and I a bit of income and I'll be able to tile my kitchen with all the reclaimed tiles that came off intact. by and by what Lod said about the anita.
They crave government cheese bricks too. Never forget that.
Nice work on the new tile work. This is why old folks don't get anything done - we know how it's supposed to be done properly, and we don't want to pay for a half-ass job. Beam me up!
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson Rick Perry apologizes for ‘heartless’ comment on immigration question - The Hill's Video
I am an old folk, I started doing little things for this guy a couple years ago, just when it looks like one job is finished he'll ask me about doing something else. I've got him to the point where he can shelter in place for anything, 2500 square foot garden, rain water collection of 3700 plus gallons of water, solar power systems all fence inclosed. it is too the point now that his brother calls me when he wants it done right the first time, which is usually a "can you make right this thing these other guys did" gig. he has a ranch that he wants solar systems for his wells, we'll be working that one fairly soon. due to travel time I plan for us to live out there Sunday to Wednesday, work during the day shoot hogs at night. it all keeps food on the table and the bills paid with a little over to throw done on silver. I could complain but someone in their right mind would tell me and rightfully so to shut up.
here is some government cheese to enjoy
Tens of thousands of American's would call a cheese brick 'manna from heaven' right about now. It's getting that bad.
That's Gov. Rick Perry right behind Dubya's left shoulder.
Someone forgot to flush this turd in Texas and now he is stinking up all of America.
God is always good!
Hey, they are giving out all the flavored almond milk you can carry at the local food bank. It doesn't get any better then that, right?
Two cups of milk + one small box of Cheesecake pudding mix ($0.60/Walmart) + pie-crust- in-tin ($1.58/Walmart) = cheesecake.While parroting her husband’s jobs claims, she also conceded that not all the jobs Texas has created during her husband’s tenure are high-paying jobs — in fact, Texas has the highest percentage of minimum wage jobs in the country. But Perry says that’s the sort of job people are “hungry for”:
#2. To: tom007, *Texas!!* (#0)
PERRY: He knows how to create jobs…We have 1,500 people moving to Texas every day to find a job. I’m not going to tell you they’re all high-paying jobs, but they’re a job, even if they’re a minimum wage job. And that’s what people are hungry for.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#3. To: X-15 (#2)
Let me translate that bullshit: Mexicans are crossing the border every day to stand outside of Home Depot's across the state, every morning, to find a job for one or two days.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#4. To: tom007 (#0)
#5. To: X-15 (#2)
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the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#6. To: tom007 (#0)
"Anita Perry Defends Her Husband’s Job Creation Record: ‘People Are Hungry For’ Minimum Wage Jobs"
#7. To: PSUSA2, tom007 (#1)
Bye bye Perry! lol
#8. To: Lod, tom007 (#4)
Anita - you NWO skank.
#9. To: IRTorqued (#5)
#10. To: PSUSA2, tom007 (#1)
Bye bye Perry! lol
#11. To: Lod (#9)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#12. To: Ferret (#6)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#13. To: Ferret (#6)
They crave government cheese bricks too. Never forget that.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#14. To: TwentyTwelve, *The Border* (#8)
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#15. To: tom007 (#0)
#16. To: X-15 (#14)
#17. To: X-15 (#13)
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#18. To: Ferret (#17)
Hey, they are giving out all the flavored almond milk you can carry at the local food bank. It doesn't get any better then that, right?
That's what our 'brave men and women' are fighting for in Iraq/Libya/Pakistan.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
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