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   Not a chance.  I would think that if you asked Libertarians to list the one   
   who they favor most, Perry would not be in their top choice....   
      
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   Libertarians across America are celebrating with the usual anal sex orgies   
   and   
   beer.   
      
      
   By Michael A. Fletcher, Published: August 20   
      
   LONGVIEW, Tex. ? Texas Gov. Rick Perry has leapfrogged to the top tier of   
   Republican presidential candidates largely on the strength of one compelling   
   fact:   
   During more than a decade as governor, his state created more than 1 million   
   jobs,   
   while the nation as a whole lost 1.4 million jobs.   
      
   Perry says the ?Texas miracle? rests on conservative pillars that he would   
   bring to   
   the White House: minimal regulation and government, low taxes and a   
   determination   
   to limit the reach of Uncle Sam.   
      
      
      
   What he does not say is that much of that job growth has come because of   
   government, not in spite of it.   
      
   With a young and fast-growing population, a large and expanding military   
   presence   
   and an influx of federal stimulus money, the number of government jobs in   
   Texas has   
   grown at more than double the rate of private-sector employment during   
   Perry?s   
   tenure.   
      
   The disparity has grown sharper since the national recession hit. Between   
   December   
   2007 and last June, private-sector employment in Texas declined by 0.6   
   percent   
   while public-sector jobs increased by 6.4 percent, according to the federal   
   Bureau   
   of Labor Statistics. Overall, government employees account for about   
   one-sixth of   
   the workforce in Texas.   
      
   The significant role of government in Texas?s relative prosperity stands in   
   stark   
   contrast to the ?go-it-alone? image cultivated by Perry, who credits a lack   
   of   
   government interference for fostering a business-friendly environment in   
   Texas.   
      
   ?The fact is, government doesn?t create jobs, otherwise the last 21 / 2   
   years of   
   stimulus would have worked,? Perry said this month in a speech to the   
   National   
   Conference of State Legislatures. ?Government can only create the   
   environment that   
   allows the private sector to create jobs. The single most important   
   contributor to   
   our jobs-friendly climate here in Texas is our low tax burden, because we   
   know   
   dollars do far more to create jobs and prosperity in the people?s hands than   
   they   
   do in the government?s.?   
      
   Perry has criticized Washington for ?thumbing its nose? at the American   
   people. In   
   announcing his candidacy for president last weekend, Perry said he would   
   ?work   
   every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I   
   can.?   
      
   Mark Miner, a Perry spokesman, said the governor?s job-creation record   
   speaks for   
   itself. He also said the state received less per capita ? about $1,000 per   
   resident   
   vs. more than $1,400 in New York and $1,200 in California ? than most other   
   states   
   from the stimulus plan while still producing more jobs.   
      
   Population boom   
      
   Analysts call the growth in government employment in Texas a natural   
   consequence of   
   the surging population, which has grown by more than 20 percent in the past   
   decade   
   to 25.1 million. The increase has caused local governments and school   
   systems to   
   hire more teachers, budget analysts, compliance officers and police   
   officers.   
      
   ?A lot of growth has been happening in the public sector to respond to a   
   growing   
   population,? said Don Baylor Jr., a senior policy analyst with the Center   
   for   
   Public Policy Priorities, a research and advocacy group in Austin. ?That has   
   been   
   an ongoing driver of our job growth.?   
      
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