By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
Last month, Texas had major floods with huge loss of life. Texans who have tried to bar military from the state, other than the 284,000 permanently stationed there, the largest single source of income for Texas, screamed for federal aid and all the help they could get.
You see, Texas isn’t able to care for itself, not for its people, its environment for sure. Texas is America’s dependent step child, a financial drain on America and a hellish place to live for anyone not financially secure, and in Texas, this is millions.
In March, a military exercise called Jade Helm had been announced. Rumor mongers began a humiliating circus about secret underground prisons and possible federal seizure of the tin foil hats that have replaced the Stetson as favored Texas headgear. Read below and understand exactly what Texas has to hide and why Republicans who run America’s largest “police state” are trying to cover up generations of thievery and neglect.
We are told Texas doesn’t want to be part of American anymore. Those who just don’t check are told Texas has no unemployment, the highest levels of high school graduation, the highest SAT scores and high wages.
What Texas has is a long history of lying. When you have been unemployed in Texas for 16 weeks, you are no longer unemployed, you just don’t exist. When you drop out of school, you no longer exist either. Try voting in Texas. Texas elections are rigged and Texas officially has the lowest voter turnout in the US.
If having sick or uneducated people is a good thing, then Texas is the place to be, topping the lists there.
There are very poor states in the US, Mississippi is one. California has a huge population of illegal aliens. Did you know almost 500,000 children in Texas are on Medicaid? Other state programs, where Texas has to pay part of the bill, simply close up offices and move away, those who can’t apply for programs don’t show up on statistics.
Below, we have published the 2013 Texas State Legislature study called Texas on the Brink.
In short, here is what you will see, Texas is a police state with a massive prison population, corrupt courts, a corrupt political system the worst schools in the United States, nearly the lowest wages and rampant endemic poverty. Texas isn’t the most polluted state in the US, but nearly so.
From the Texas Observer:
The Texas Legislative Study Group released its 2013 “Texas on the Brink” report at the end of last week. The report is an annual study to determine Texas’ rankings among the 50 states and the District of Columbia on health care, education, and the environment.
How’s Texas doing? Not so great: The state ranks 50th in percentage of high school graduates among its populace, first in amount of carbon emissions, first in hazardous waste produced, last in voter turnout, first in percentage of people without health insurance, and second in percentage of uninsured kids.
The report made clear that while legislators are—through restrictions on abortion and cuts to family planning—doing well to ensure that babies are actually being born, representatives at the press conference said too little is being done to ensure that Texas children and their mothers are cared for. Texas ranks third in the nation for overall birth rate, but it also ranks fourth highest for teenage birth rate.
The specifics are worse. Texas ranks the lowest in the nation for women with health insurance, and is the second lowest in the nation for percent of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester. Texas also ranks the fourth highest in the nation for percentage of women living in poverty.
According to the report, Texas ranks 44th in graduation rates (contrary to what Gov. Perry has said, the number more accurately reflects Texas’ increasing problem with dropout rates—according to the LSG, Texas has previously boasted high graduation rates because studies often to not take dropout numbers into account) and 47th in SAT scores.
Rep. Abel Herrero (D-Robstown) elaborated on the dismal state of education in Texas. “Texas’ investment per student is 27 percent less than the national average. … Yet, as we’ve seen on the House floor, there are still roadblocks to this state, in getting our children the resources they need to succeed.”
The numbers are worse for higher education. In Texas, only 51% of students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years, meaning that only 17% of Texans will earn a bachelor’s degree, said Rep. Mary Gonzales (D-Clint).
Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth) spoke on Texas’ environmental rankings, which weren’t particularly good. “The state of Texas gets an ‘F’ on the environmental comprehensive issues, but what that really means is, it gets an F in healthcare. Not just because we don’t insure our kids, but because we create an environment that is unhealthy for our kids and every other person who breathes in this state. It’s a crisis,” Burnam said. “Across the board, Texas fails its children, in particular, and the general public on environmental and healthcare issues.”
The PDF below is downloadable. Send it around. Take the time to read this, it tells quite a story. These are government figures, long hidden from the public but, for those who live in Texas, and are used to seeing children sleep in cars or under bridges, it is no surprise. Looking the other way at suffering and exploiting the poor for gain are long a part of Texas history.
As Americans used to say “read it and weep.”
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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