Rick Perry to tour Maryland gun factory

[brooklynite]

Source: pOLITICO

Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry will visit a gun manufacturer in Maryland as part of his push to lure businesses to the Lone Star State, according to a report.

Perry will tour the factory of Beretta USA in Accokeek, Md., on Wednesday, according to CNN. Perry has gone after several Democratic governors lately, airing radio ads in California, New York, Missouri, Connecticut and, most recently, Maryland, to try to lure businesses to the Lone Star State.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/rick-perry-to-tour-maryland-gun-factory-96929.html?hp=r1

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Some politicians have political smarts and some......don't.

[hobbit709]

1. Rick doesn't have smarts of any kind.

[spin]

2. Attracting new industries to your state is not necessarily a bad idea. ...

Firearms are popular in Texas. I'm sure that many residents of Texas would enjoy working for a firearms manufacturer and they may be far more familiar with firearms than potential workers in states like Maryland.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Unless it removes industries ( and jobs ) from another state

Like the GE locomotive division. New plant in Ft Worth - Closing the one in Erie Pa.

It's beggar they neighbor. Bad policy.

[brooklynite]

6. ...but timing is everything.

Would you visit a chemical plant the day after a toxic waste spill?

[bluedigger]

7. Because running lathes and polishers is just like shooting.

Maybe Perry should go to holster manufacturers instead. He's obviously got plenty of leather since he's knee deep in bull shit.

[ctsnowman]

8. lol Love it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Yeah, sort of like printing porn magazines.

You actually get paid to look at the juicy stuff, instead of having to buy it.

[Kingofalldems]

13. So you support Gov. Perry I see.

[spin]

14. No. Not in the least. However ...

as I said, "Attracting new industries to your state is not necessarily a bad idea."

[rtracey]

3. Running Ads

He's running ads in several states where taxes are high or going up. He is trying to lure businesses into Texas from higher taxed areas. I am from MD hear his ad all the time. MDs eastern shore is a very conservative , gun lobby area, so not sure if it will work...maybe

[TexasTowelie]

5. America's #1 Job Poacher

[JaneQPublic]

10. Compare Perry's record to Maryland's.

==> Maryland No. 1 State for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. So says the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120629/OPINION/706299945/1014/christian-s-johansson-us-chamber-recognizes-maryland-s-success&template=gazette

==> Maryland Schools No. 1 for 5th Consecutive Year:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/01/10/maryland-schools-ranked-number-one-in-nation/

==> Maryland ranked the riches state (so our economy must not be hurting too badly):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206395/Maryland-ranked-richest-state-U-S--Mississippi-place-poorest.html#ixzz2S8yUnGL4

==>Maryland's roads are ranked better than Texas':
http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/states/

==>Maryland ranked No. 2 among best educated states (behind MA) while TX didn't even make the Top 10:
http://247wallst.com/2012/10/15/164232/print/

[Happyhippychick]

11. Eww. Get out of my state.

[Frances]

12. Alabama hopes to poach companies from Texas

A Chinese company has located to southwestern Alabama. Alabama is trying to get Texas companies to move near this new Chinese owned company. The work is all related to the car manufacturing in Alabama.