keeping our taxes low, by cutting spending, by making sure regulations are fair and predictable and stopping frivolous lawsuits. texas has actually kept taxes so low that there is no state income tax in texas, so according to perry and republican theory, texas should have the lowest unemployment rate in the country, it doesn t. the texas unemployment rate is 8.4%. less than 1% lower than the national unemployment rate. an 8.4% unemployment rate is nothing to be proud of. in normal times, it s the kind of thing that gets you kicked out of office. the governor, with the lowest unemployment rate in the country is a republican who is not running for president, jack dalrimple of north dakota where the unemployment rate is 3.3%,
which would be a remarkable accomplishment, even in a healthy economy. did dalrimple miraculously find a way to cut his tax below 1%? no. it turns out the state with the lowest unemployment rate in the country actually has a state income tax and a progressive state income tax at that, but republican primary voters have never heard of jack dalrimple, and they do know what they want to hear about taxes and rick perry and the rest of the republican candidates are going to give it to him. mitt romney who s now trailing rick perry will unveil his jobs plan next tuesday in nevada, a state with no income tax and the highest unemployment rate in the country, 13%. jon huntsman will unveil his