{"id":18170,"date":"2013-06-13T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2013-06-13T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T23:01:08","slug":"pro-texas-ad-campaign-in-anti-business-blue-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/18170\/pro-texas-ad-campaign-in-anti-business-blue-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Texas Ad Campaign in Anti-Business Blue States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/itsallpolitics\/2013\/06\/12\/190687581\/rick-perrys-war-on-the-blue-states\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Perry<\/a> is once again visiting Democratic strongholds in an attempt to lure businesses to relocate to the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p>Perry is set to meet with business groups in New York and Connecticut, reports National Public Radio. Previously, Perry extolled his state\u2019s low-tax, light-regulation approach in California and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>But Perry\u2019s initiative is more than just a series of speeches and photo-ops. His moves are coordinated with the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasone.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">TexasOne<\/a>, a coalition of chambers of commerce and corporations funding a $1 million advertising campaign in the targeted states.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube ads like \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=D1izHVRxv7Y\" target=\"_blank\">Texas is Calling<\/a>\u201d tout the state\u2019s nine consecutive years ranked #1 for business, hosting the world\u2019s largest medical center and welcoming 1,400 new residents a day.<\/p>\n<p>With states like California, Illinois, New York and Connecticut ranking near the bottom in business-friendly taxes and regulations, it\u2019s no wonder Perry sees an opportunity to let wealth creators in those states know there is an alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry is once again visiting Democratic strongholds in an attempt to lure businesses to relocate to the Lone Star State. Perry is set to meet with business groups in New York and Connecticut, reports National Public Radio. Previously, Perry extolled his state\u2019s low-tax, light-regulation approach in California and Illinois. But Perry\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,1290,19,2679,27,560,300,838,105,561],"class_list":["post-18170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-california","tag-connecticut","tag-economy","tag-illinois","tag-jobs","tag-new-york","tag-regulation","tag-rick-perry","tag-tax","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18176,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170\/revisions\/18176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}