Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.
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It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.
America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.
Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.
With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.
If we can get this economy moving and quit doing the things that prohibit growth, Alabama... can sustain that growth.
We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.
We can't just cut our way to prosperity. Even as we look for ways to reduce deficits over the long term, we must grow the economy in a way that strengthens the middle class and everyone willing to work hard to get into it.