> Texas would beg to differ with this assessment OK, what great U.S. industries were born, boomed, and remain in Texas? Oil doesn't count; that's a coincidence

> Texas would beg to differ with this assessment OK, what great U.S. industries were born, boomed, and remain in Texas? Oil doesn't count; that's a coincidence of geology and geography. I also said states with low tax and investment were relatively poor; Texas' median income is below the U.S. median (which is true of almost all the die-hard red states): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income EDIT: A few edits