NEWS FLASH

Texas’ Employment-To-Population Ratio Has Plummeted On Perry’s Watch | Reuters’ Felix Salmon today highlighted data showing that Texas employment-to-population ratio — the percentage of the population that has a job — has plummeted under 2012 presidential contender Gov. Rick Perry’s (R-TX) watch. “According to the figures we have for 2011, 44.7% of the total US population has a job, compared to 43.5% of the Texas population. And Perry’s record is pretty bad, here: he inherited a ratio of more than 47% in Texas from George W Bush, and has presided over a steady decline ever since — including every year of the Bush presidency bar 2005,” Salmon noted.