Reagan didn't have to create an economy, he simply deregulated and let Wall Street 'have at it.' Once again natural resources was the focus. The real problem with that methodology is that the USA is depleted of natural resources and results in extremist economics by the petroleum industry as exhibited with hydraulic fracturing.
Reagan instituted the largest homeless population in the USA for his time as a result of the Wall Street focus.
Romney is the choice for the fiscal conservatives. I would expect the military conservatives to look to Santorum or Gingrick.
Rick Perry draws Texas retirement plus his salary (click title to entry - thank you)
Posted Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
Reagan instituted the largest homeless population in the USA for his time as a result of the Wall Street focus.
Romney is the choice for the fiscal conservatives. I would expect the military conservatives to look to Santorum or Gingrick.
Rick Perry draws Texas retirement plus his salary (click title to entry - thank you)
Posted Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
By Maria RecioMcClatchy Newspapers Gov. Rick Perry is double-dipping, drawing retirement income from the
state in addition to his salary as governor since late January, newly released records show.
Perry's move to begin drawing from his pension early this year while remaining governor, which his staff says is legal and consistent with state retirement rules, was unknown to the public until federal financial disclosures were made public on Friday.
The national news media buzzed over Perry's "retirement," although his staff said he had not retired but had begun drawing his pension.
On a campaign swing through Cherokee, Iowa, Perry was asked why the Employee Retirement System should be paying his retirement while he's still collecting a salary.
"That's been in place for decades. ... I don't find that to be out of the ordinary," Perry said of the practice. "ERS called me and said, 'Listen, you're eligible to access your retirement now with your military time and your time and service, and I think you would be rather foolish to not access what you've earned.'"
Perry has chided federal officials for being overpaid and called for sweeping changes to Social Security for American workers, calling the system a "Ponzi scheme."
The governor's gross annual salary is $150,000; his net salary is $133,000. The net monthly annuity check Perry started receiving Jan. 31 is $7,698. Combined, his net pay from the state is now more than $225,000 annually....
...Perry has a diverse portfolio. He holds fewer than 100 shares of stock in some companies: Coca-Cola, FedEx, Illinois Tool Works, Nordson Corp. and United Parcel Service, with value pegged at less than $5,000 for each company.
He has 100 to 499 shares in other companies including Wal-Mart, Canon, Cisco, Donaldson Inc., Dover Corp. Ecolab Inc., Emerson Electric Co., Sysco Corp., Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corp. and Johnson & Johnson.
Perry has 500 to 999 shares in such companies as energy giant ConocoPhillips, General Electric and Microsoft.
He has a life insurance policy valued from $100,000 to $250,000.
This report includes material from The Texas Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.
...Perry has a diverse portfolio. He holds fewer than 100 shares of stock in some companies: Coca-Cola, FedEx, Illinois Tool Works, Nordson Corp. and United Parcel Service, with value pegged at less than $5,000 for each company.
He has 100 to 499 shares in other companies including Wal-Mart, Canon, Cisco, Donaldson Inc., Dover Corp. Ecolab Inc., Emerson Electric Co., Sysco Corp., Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corp. and Johnson & Johnson.
Perry has 500 to 999 shares in such companies as energy giant ConocoPhillips, General Electric and Microsoft.
He has a life insurance policy valued from $100,000 to $250,000.
This report includes material from The Texas Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.
