Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Yep, Texas has a state budget that's under water to the tune of about $20 billion in 2012 alone. I'll await Perry's plan on how to deal with that little problem without soliciting a lot of money from the federal government. Whether he does or doesn't, Texas is a long way from providing bragging rights for being "flush". A pattern of continuing to spend even when it's known that such spending is unaffordable and unsustainable isn't the greatest entry on the resumé of one running for President.

But like I said, I'll wait to see what Perry has to say when he begins to campaign for POTUS...that's IF he runs for President.