Originally Posted by crockett

Umm yes they can. There was even a big ordeal about Walmart the nations largest employer telling it's employees how they could get on welfare. Most of those so called jobs he created don't even play $10/hr, do you know how hard it is even to live on $10/hr in this country?

Think about it for a moment.. that's $400 a week "before" taxes.. So at best someone making $10/hr is bringing home $360/week or so. Now keep in mind most of those jobs he supposedly created aren't even playing $10/hr, so yea they are still earning poverty level income and can collect food stamps & probably even welfare depending what their housing costs are.

Smoke & Mirrors just like every other politician..

The biggest thing that likely helped Texas job growth was it's population growth. The cost of housing is low there compared to the other go 2 spots. It's common sense to figure out if people are moving into the state, that more jobs will be created.

I dunno what housing costs are out there right now but I went out to Austin a few years ago there were tons of houses under $80k in the suburbs like Round Rock and else where in the area (this was even before the bubble popped). I also checked out Dallas/Forth-worth which was cheaper but also more ghetto. IMO that's the biggest reason for the population growth and added jobs. It's like Florida was in the 80's, affordable to live at lower wages.