No doubt about it, Rick Perry not only has the answers to all the nations economic ills, he has the beta site to prove he's right: TEXA$

Recession? We don't allow them in Texas. Start with an oil industry raking in profits from those who don't have one, and then have oil prices rise from $25 a barrel to $150. Don't have an oil industry? Get the government off your back and go get one. (See deregulation and fracking, below)

Housing crisis? Not in Texas. We didn't have much of a housing bubble because our banks were very tightly regulated and didn't make quite so many outrageous, predatory, money grubbing loans.. (Oops, forget that. We hate government regulation). Better idea? Pass legislation that will guarantee a warm climate and a cost of living low enough to attract immigrants from all the other states. If Texas can do it, EVERY state can do it. There are, by definition enough Americans for every state to attract more than they lose. And if not, there are always foreigners, except we don't like them very much.

Unemployment? Not in Texas. Keep wages low and the population growing and there are plenty of minimum wage jobs (Texas leads the nation) and people desperate enough to take them. That doesn't mean that ALL our jobs our low wage. It just means we have more than anyone else. (Who do you think WORKS for those guys you used to watch on "Dallas")

Health Insurance? Not in Texas. We lead the nation in uninsured workers, but we don't worry about it. Why should we? Those who don't die will move. And no insurance is cheap insurance, keeping the cost of living (nasty, brutish and short though living for some may be) quite low.

Expensive Labor? Not here. See unemployment above. Or, if your state is falling behind the other states in attracting your fair share of the pool of mobile internal migrants, move closer to an international border.

Burdensome Regulation? Not in Texas. Our industries prefer to self regulate, we let 'em, and when they do, we don't have to waste tax money paying people to make sure our business people are living up to their obligations, or your pesky health, food, safety, purity and quality standards.

Godless scientists? Sometimes they can be useful (check out the advantages of unregulated biological engineering). But that doesn't mean you have to teach that sort of thing to your CHILDREN. Growing scientists is not only immoral, it's expensive and politically risky. That's why we insist our public schools give just as much attention to creationism and intelligent design as to godless biology, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.

Schools? Useful. Especially for football. On the negative side, however, they tend to cost a lot, and if one neighborhood gets one EVERY neighborhood wants one. We keep our schools lean and mean . . . and we're STILL number one in the number of adults without a high school education.

Don't mess with Texas. Its enough of a mess already.