The Trouble With Texas

"According to federal statistics released last week, 16.3 percent of Texas households lack regular access to adequate nutrition or face hunger nightly. The percentage of so-called "food insecure" households in Texas is more than 4 points higher than the national average of 12.2 percent, ranking Texas ahead of only Mississippi."

While Texas languishes in second place as America's hungriest state, first place as America's least insured state and fifth place as America's most poverty-stricken state, what does our governor have on his mind?

According to Perry's Web site "the greatest threat to our future is a porous and unsecured border".

Nothing to do with kids going hungry, no access to heathcare or poverty then? Or do we blame all of that on the "illegals"?

The CIA estimates the Mexican poverty rate at 13.8%. Texas is currently on 16.2%. So don't worry, Rick, those illegals'll probably start reverse emigrating pretty darned soon.