“This report makes for some interesting trivia, but if Texas is such a horrible place, why have 4.5 million people moved here in the last decade? How is Texas adding four new congressional seats when California is not gaining congressional seats for the first time ever? Because what people care most about are jobs – and on that measurement, Texas ranks first.”

The Honorable Arlene Wohlgemuth is the Executive Director and Director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin. She served 10 years in the Texas House of Representatives, specializing in health care issues.

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