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As a native Californian, this new radio ad from Texas Gov. Rick Perry particularly tickles me:
What’s especially amusing is the fact that Perry—through the funding of TexasOne, a public-private tourism partnership—advertised to the major metropolitan areas of California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and even Sacramento itself.
Perry invites California businesses to “come check out Texas,” mentioning the “low taxes, sensible regulations, and fair legal system” in the state. Texas ranked number three for top state business climates in 2012, losing two places to No. 1 North Carolina and second-place Ohio.
Voters in California, meanwhile, approved Prop 30 in November, which increases the income tax for high earners and raises the sales tax a quarter of a percentage point from 2013 to 2016.
At times like these, I thank the Founding Fathers for preserving state sovereignty. For as James Madison writes in Federalist 39:
the local or municipal authorities form distinct and independent portions of the supremacy, no more subject, within their respective spheres, to the general authority, than the general authority is subject to them, within its own sphere.
Ultimately, this competition benefits any American who seeks a light governmental burden.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, of course, blamed the media for ginning up the story: “You take a little radio ad and all you guys run like lap dogs to report it…It is not a burp. It’s barely a fart.”
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C. Vernon Crisler | 2.7.13 @ 2:51PM
I'm liking Gov. Perry a lot more now than during the Republican primaries. I' guessing he will be the candidate to support in 2016.
hmm_contrib| 2.7.13 @ 4:03PM
It's good to hear conservatives no longer automatically cheer at the idea of blaming the media. Let's hope it spreads.
RJ| 2.7.13 @ 4:34PM
Thanks, Patrick. I am really surprised that Ohio ranks #2 in the nation. I wonder if anyone could tell what they are doing to get such a high rating.
Quartermaster| 2.8.13 @ 4:54PM
I couldn't. I used to be an elected official in Ohio, and I see no way that Ohio could be #2 without some seriously skewed criteria. And North Carolina? NC has the highest taxes in teh southeast, as well as several factors that mitigate against a good business environment.
wombat1| 2.7.13 @ 5:05PM
"It is not a burp. It’s barely a fart.”
Pay attention, this is an expert talking. A quick survey of Brown's policies and initiatives reveal him to be an absolute master of inconsequential but offensive gaseous eruptions
Occam's Tool| 2.7.13 @ 5:29PM
RJ: Kasich is Governor.
Quartermaster| 2.8.13 @ 4:55PM
And Kasich has now shown that he is, like you, a Quisling.
Occam's Tool| 2.7.13 @ 5:31PM
Mr. Crisler: I think next time, the moderators for the Republican debates should be Conservatives like Rich Lowry or Bob Tyrrell, and the National debates should have a MSM AND a Conservative interviewer.
JmsA| 2.7.13 @ 6:34PM
Though always hopeful the Republicans will eventually demand, if not actually bring some semblance of such about, I suspect the left will fight tooth and nail to prevent it, given that the facts simply do not favor them.
RJ| 2.7.13 @ 9:21PM
If the GOP isn't working on forcing an alternative debate platform, they should review the tapes of the last Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. It goes well beyond bias. Candy Crowley provided additional evidence that there has been pre-debate collusion between the Democratic campaign and the debate moderators, which I think has been going on since at least 2004.
In the primaries, George Stephanopoulos was used to set-up the contraceptive issue. The GOP should no longer allow such hacks to moderate debates. If the networks object, then don't go on that network's debate.
One of the best primary debates was when questions were submitted by representatives of The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute - much better and more meaningful questions.
Botek Teleno | 2.9.13 @ 10:06AM
This is amazingly simple and enjoyable to let your fantasies happen.