Surprise! Surprise! Another politician playing Mr. Rogers to corperate persons: Won’t you be my friend? Scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours:
The conservative Washington Examiner lambasted Perry on Wednesday as a “cowboy corporatist.” Timothy Carney, who covers the intersection of corporate and political power for the Examiner, detailed how Perry created and ran the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to hand over taxpayer money to private businesses. The nominal purpose is helping businesses expand in Texas or relocate there. Being a Perry donor is the surest route to winning a grant from one of these slush funds.
via Conservative Criticism of Rick Perry’s Corporate Cronyism | The Nation.
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