The Success of Governor Perry

As the state of Texas is blossoming as a whole, many of the deserving credits go to Governor Perry. There are people, mainly his political opponents, who claim that Texas' success has nothing to do with Perry, but I completely disagree with such. Since 2009, Governor Perry has enabled the state to gain 40% of the new jobs in the country, and the unemployment rate stands at 8.2 which is well below of the national average of 9.1. Governor Perry and his colleagues were able to bring jobs to Texas, and that alone solved a lot of the crisis that was happening back in the mid-late 2000s. In fact, Perry enabled Texas to boost their high-education professional jobs (engineering, science, math-related, technology) by 11% since 2009. That is the fastest growing number compared to all other states, and nearly four times the national average growth. One of the biggest issues in America today is how these types of jobs can grow, and Texas seem to be doing a very well job at it. Also, the cost of houses in Houston, Dallas and Austin is much less than those in for examples Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Keeping the cost of living in the state reasonably lower than other states, is one of the great jobs done by the Governor.

Besides the economic reasons, Governor Perry has not waited for President Obama to take action against illegal immigration. Since Texas has the borders connected with Mexico, Governor Perry has strengthen the borders patrol without waiting for the Federals to take action. In fact, he's on a mission to completely reduce the illegal immigration happening in the country because if we recall, the 2012 President Debates mainly included such discussion in every discussions held between President Obama and Governor Romney. Governor Perry has publicly stated many times that the Congress should actually do what their supposed to do, giving them no slack since he works with high expectations and standards. His leadership is something to admire; he took the country's problems and turned into his own in which he does a good job at minimizing the negative impacts of it.

Finally, there's a strong reason why Governor Perry has been the longest serving Governor in the history of Texas. He has not upset the state and that is proven from his re-elections over the years. Although he has stated that he will not be back in the next re-election, he will always be remembered as a savior of the state in times of crisis for the country.

Sources: 
1- http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2011/08/22/what-does-rick-perry-have-to-do-with-texas-success/
2- http://conservativetribune.com/rick-perry-to-congress-do-your-job/