Need a job? Move to Texas!

Need a job? Move to Texas! that's the phrase we have been hearing since 2000. More than a million jobs have been granted for Texans while the country is still in negative numbers according data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the progress in the employment area was increasing despite the bad economical situation the country is going through. But, how is it possible if we are still part of the economy of the nation? Well, many things have collaborated to make this possible, and one of the most important is that Gov. Rick Perry has been trying to do everything in his hands during his tenure, to looks good in front of the country in his effort to run for president in the next elections coming up next year. Even that the economy is good (compared to the rest of the states), Mr Perry has sacrificed many thing in order to get the state where it is right now, but is it good or bad for Texas?.

One of the affected is the educational area; thousands of teachers and other employees in the educational structure have lost their jobs, And many more are likely to disappear over the next two years as a result of about $15 billion in state budget cuts. The governor believe that the key to prosperity is the growth of the private sector, not the government sector; and with that reason he is giving up to one of the most important and prosper investments in a long-term plan, Education for Texans.

The high increase on the oil and gas have been helping in the positive economy of the state, also Texas oil and gas employment grew by nearly 60 percent since January 2001 which contribute to the jobs increase and the rapid fiscal growth; there is no doubt that the economic boom is directly due to energy. Also the reason of growth in the industry and small companies is due to Texas’ business friendly environment, tax structure and economic policies, all favorable to creating and expanding jobs. State officials say the cost of doing business in Texas is much less than in most northern states.

The population expansion lately in Texas has been Another contributor . The number of residents in the Lone Star State has been growing by more than 1,000 new residents a day, much of it because of the people coming from other states and from out side of the country, and also for the diversity of jobs in Texas, as well as the availability of low cost housing within close proximity to work centers, plus healthy environments and quality of life opportunities for families, which is a very attractive option for most of the U.S. residents, since the country's economical situation has not been too supportive for families of the low and medium class.

Texas have an stable and even growing economy. But how all this implementations by the government of Rick Perry is going to affect the future of the state? I personally think that we can not sacrifice the "time to come" for the "now". He is maybe thinking in Texas and the well being of their citizens, or maybe he is thinking in himself and making his way up using the state as a ladder to step up in his career. Hopefully this will help Texas, but only the time will show the path we took because of this.