On 5/19/2013 5:33 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>> Texas has no income tax and low business taxes, so they're not hurting
>> for jobs. Manufacturing is moving to the South in general because of
>> less regulation and lower cost of living aka: wages. The rest of us
>> are supposed to ignore that those states have the Walmart mentality
>> and always put their hands out to the Federal government whenever
>> there's a problem.
>
> I know quite a few people in TX and they are having a hard time finding any
> good paying jobs.
>
> We have no income tax here in WA either. So?


Unemployment in Texas is 6.4%, which makes Texas 17th, the state of
Washington is 27th and California is 48th.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm#Texas

Becca