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Results of what? Texas isn't some magical place that works better than any other large state. And you could make the argument that it can be worse than other st
by vb6sp6 5y ago
Results of what? Texas isn't some magical place that works better than any other large state. And you could make the argument that it can be worse than other states. For example, hurricane Harvey brought on major flooding in 2017. It took them two years to come up with something to try and help (prop 8 2019) because they aren't there working.
- betwixthewires 5y agoThe standard of living in Texas is higher than the national average, the rate of poverty is lower, the cost of housing is lower, the tax burden on lower incomes is lower, the infrastructure quality is higher than most states, the cost of that infrastructure is lower. I can find you a plethora of ways in which Texas is better functioning as a state than comparable size economies as well as national average, and I can find you ways in which it isn't also that probably need attention, but you want to see the real result of the differences in the way the state is run, look at interstate migration patterns.
- vb6sp6 5y agoTexas ranks 37th in Poverty Rate at 16.0%(poverty rankings by state). The Poverty Rate of Texas is slightly higher than the national average of 14.6 Texas has one of the lowest literacy rates Approximately 5.2 million Texans were uninsured last year, or about 18.4 percent of the state's population. That's double the national average of 9.2 percent. The 2021 Report Card resulted in a Texas GPA of a “C”. It graded 12 individual categories of infrastructure. Energy received the highest grade earning a “B+,” yet the wastewater and levee networks need additional support having both been graded a “D.” So I'm not really seeing the greatness despite more people moving here.