Rick Perry delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday. Here’s the complete text.
And here’s the speech itself:
A mixture of interesting tidbits on the Texas success story, some generic inspirational boilerplate, and some broad outline policy proposals.
Good: More constrained spending, tax cuts, no ObamaCare expansion.
Probably bad: “$3.7 billion from the Rainy Day Fund for a one-time investment in infrastructure programs.” There are, in fact, some infrastructure improvements that would be made around the state, but Perry has occasionally supported infrastructure boondoggles (like the Trans-Texas Corridor) in the past.
The general outlines are very good, but the devil is in the details, which should be forthcoming in the current legislative session.
Tags: Budget, Economics, Rick Perry, Texas