There's a lot of talk all over the place about how Texas is one of a few states with a "budget surplus."
At what cost has that surplus come?
Here's where Texas ranks in some key areas**:
Residential Utility Rates:
WORST
State Funding per Student:
46th
Percentage of People with Health Insurance:
WORST
Percentage of Hungry Children:
WORST
Air Pollution Emissions:
WORST
Per Capita Mental Health Spending:
46th
Percentage of Sub-Prime Mortgages:
WORST
WORST
State Funding per Student:
46th
Percentage of People with Health Insurance:
WORST
Percentage of Hungry Children:
WORST
Air Pollution Emissions:
WORST
Per Capita Mental Health Spending:
46th
Percentage of Sub-Prime Mortgages:
WORST
So suddenly, it becomes obvious that the budget "surplus" has been obtained by starving the citizens and children of Texas of important services.
This is what you get when your Republican elected officials are bent on "small government." They mean small government for families and children--while the fatcats at the insurance companies and mortgage companies are buying their 3rd and 4th homes.
**Sources (in order):
Edison Electric Institute
NEA
US Census
Child Food Insecurity in the US, 2003--2005
EPA
Kaiser Family Foundation
Center for Community Change
This is what you get when your Republican elected officials are bent on "small government." They mean small government for families and children--while the fatcats at the insurance companies and mortgage companies are buying their 3rd and 4th homes.
**Sources (in order):
Edison Electric Institute
NEA
US Census
Child Food Insecurity in the US, 2003--2005
EPA
Kaiser Family Foundation
Center for Community Change
**VOTE DEMOCRATIC---CHANGE OUR STATE FOR THE BETTER**
