Rick Perry Fact Check: Jobs

VISUAL AUDIO Facts

[Screen: President VO - Obama promised • Texas’ unemployment rate is nearly twice the
Obama speaking] more jobs… unemployment rate when Perry took office.1
[Screen: Bailouts, VO - But bailouts, and • Balancing Rick Perry’s most recent budget required
Out of Control out of control about $12 billion in stimulus money.2
Spending, Have spending have only
Made it Worse] made it worse.
[Screen: The rest of VO - While the rest of • From Dec. 2000 to Aug. 2010, the U.S. economy lost
the country lost the country lost three 2,189,000 jobs, not 3 million.3
three million jobs million jobs… • During this recession, Texas lost a total of 431,000
jobs.4
[Screen: “Texas VO - Texas added • From Dec 2000 to Aug 2010, Texas gained 819,800.
has added more more than 850,000 Perry continues to cite 850,000 and ignores the fact
than 850,000 new new jobs. that Texas lost 34,200 jobs last month alone.5
jobs” – factory • From Dec 1990 to Aug 2000, Texas gained 2,303,000
footage] jobs under Ann Richards and George Bush.6
• Under Perry, Texas saw an increase of 253,400 in
government jobs.7
• Under Perry, Texas saw an increase of 267,000 in
minimum wage jobs.8
• 64% of the increase in jobs created under Perry comes
from minimum wage jobs and government jobs.
[Screen: Various VO - More Texans • The total number of Texans unemployed today, over 1
factory shots, Perry have new jobs today million, is equal to 140% of the entire population of
walking] than the entire Fort Worth.9
population of Fort
Worth.
[Screen: Perry RP - Texas is on the • In August, Texas lost more jobs than any other state
sitting at lunch right path, as your except Michigan.10
counter] governor, job creation • Texas’ unemployment rate is the same as New York
is my top priority. and is higher than the neighboring states of Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Louisiana.11
[Screen: Perry in VO - Securing our • A governor who brags about economic health after
storefront] future, Governor Rick nearly doubling the unemployment rate has been
Perry governor for too long.































































1
Texas unemployment rate was 4.2% in December of 2000. It is currently 8.3%. See Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/data.
2
Austin American-Statesman, Lone Star State is a bigger spender in this decade, Aug. 12, 2010.
3
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/data.
4
Austin American-Statesman, Ailing Texas economy triggers drop in property values, Combs says, Oct. 1, 2010.
5
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/data.
6
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/data.
7
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/data.
8
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2002, Table 3, 2009, Table 3.
9
Fort Worth’s 2009 population estimate is 720,250. http://www.nctcog.org/ris/demographics/population/2009PopEstimates.pdf.
10
Dallas Morning News, 36 states, including Texas, lost jobs last month, Sep. 22, 2010.
11
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm.