[Hoot Gibson]

Texas leads the nation in minimum-wage jobs and many

positions don't offer health benefits

Of course, Texas enjoys advantages that have nothing to do

with having Perry at the helm. Rich in natural resources,

the state has been benefiting from the high price of oil and

the expanded interest in natural gas exploration. Energy

employment has soared by 16.8% over the past year alone.

Many of the positions that have been created are on the lower

end of the pay scale. Some 550,000 workers last year were

paid at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25, more than

double the number making those wages in 2008, according to the

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That's 9.5% of Texas' hourly workforce, which gives it the highest

percentage of minimum-wage hourly workers in the nation -- a dubious

title it shares with Mississippi
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"We have created jobs, but they are not jobs with good wages and benefits,"

said F. Scott McCown, executive director, Center for Public Policy Priorities

which advocates for low-income residents.

Going forward, the Lone Star State will have to work even harder to create

jobs. That's because Perry signed a budget in May that slashes $15 billion in

government spending over the next two years. Also, the federal stimulus funds

that poured into the state since 2009 have largely dried up.

The state budget cuts alone could result in the loss of more than 100,000 jobs,

many of them in the public sector, Clower said. Thousands of teachers are

already feeling the impact of more than $5 billion in cuts to education funding.

Straight from the Obama campaign's talking points via CNN and vector.

Government jobs lost translate to private sector job gains. A government job destroy the wealth that is created by several private sector jobs.

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