Despite Perry’s job-creation talk, Texas poverty rates high — and going higher

Rick Perry has touted his job-creation record as Texas governor as one of the biggest strengths he could bring to the White House, and he’s already come under fire for repeatedly taking credit for the 40 percent of the nation’s jobs created in his state since June, 2009. That number is true but ...

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