Democrats Want the US to Look Like Venezuela

Want to know what will happen to the US if those supporting the Green New Deal are given power? Not even 20 years ago, Venezuela produced 3 times as much oil as the state of Texas. Today Texas produces 7 times what Venezuela does. What happened? Venezuela adopted socialism. Texas adopted fracking. Democrats promise to end fracking while adopting socialism. The result of that is already known.

Job Creation is All in Texas

The President has recently taken to touting his "job creation" performance by pointing out that in the last six years, the US economy has created over 300,000 new jobs. Not particularly good, but it allows the President to suggest that his policies have had a positive effect. But as it turns out, the job growth has all been in one state -- Texas.

US job growth                    +327,000
Texas job growth            +1,320, 255
US (other than Texas)       -  993,255

But for Texas, the US would have lost almost a million jobs! And why did Texas add so many jobs?

1. Fossil fuels extraction
2. Lower taxes
3. Less regulation
4. Right-to-work laws

All things that the President opposes.

Sort of casts a different light on the claim that the President policies can create any jobs in the future.

It Pays to Be on Welfare in California. Not So Much in Texas

I recently ran across this chart which shows how employment is growing in Texas versus California  since the 2007-08 recession.



There are a number of reasons why this is happening, but consider just this one. Not working pays much better in California than it does in Texas.

In California, you would have to earn $35,000 in salary to be better off than collecting all the welfare benefits available to you (TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, WIC, TFAP etc.). In Texas that threshold is only $18,000. Half the California rate. 

Like everyone else, those on welfare respond to incentives, and the incentives to stay on welfare rather than work are much higher in California than they are in Texas.