Texas got it right!

?It ain't bragging if it's true." ?a rodeo bull riderWhy are jobs moving from the once Golden State of California to the Lone Star State of Texas? Why are the best and the brightest moving from Chicago and Detroit to Austin and Houston and Dallas? Why are Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Illinois losing congressmen in 2012 while Texas gains four? Why is it that Texas is growing while the other big states in America are flat or flat-out broke?According to Sam and Andrew Wyly, it's simple: Texas got it right! The Lone Star State's long tradition of walking the path less tr.

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THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS; FOREWORD BY WALTER ISAACSON; PREFACE BY ANDREW WYLY; INTRODUCTION BY SAM WYLY; THE CLOUT IS MOVING SOUTH; WE WERE BORN FIGHTING; ...AND WE'VE NEVER STOPPED; WE RALLY AROUND THE FALLEN; IN TEXAS, LAND AND LIVELIHOOD ARE SACRED; THE PERKS OF NATIONHOOD; SAM HOUSTON; LONE STAR, MANY NATIONS; WE'RE A BONA FIDE MELTING POT; OUR FRIENDS IN NEED ARE FRIENDS INDEED; OUR BOOTS ALWAYS FIT; WE'RE BORN DEAL MAKERS; WE CAN BRING DOWN EMPIRES; WE PRIZE THE ART OF PERSUASION; ...AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUR MINDS; OUR POLITICIANS HAVE GOT CHARACTER TO SPARE

LAWMAKERS WHO REALLY KNOW MAIN STREETLEADING THE RIGHT-TO-WORK REVOLUTION; THE CONVENIENCE STORE WAS BORN HERE; ...AND SO WAS THE WORLD'S BEST BURGER; HELL AND HIGH WATER DON'T STOP US; TEXANS AIM HIGH; OUR BIG SNAGS GET BIG SOLUTIONS; TEXANS ARE TRUE TRAILBLAZERS; AMERICA'S TRADE NEXUS; THE WORLD'S PORT OF CALL; TEXAS IS STILL COWBOY COUNTRY; SAMUEL MAVERICK; THE NEW GREAT MIGRATION LEADS HERE; A POPULATION MAGNET; POWERHOUSE METROS; OUR POLITICIANS PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PARTY; ODDFELLOWS AND ICONOCLASTS WELCOME; WE'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF A WILDCATTER; ...PLUS THE GRIT AND GUTS OF A ROUGHNECK

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