Read Newsweek?s cover story on Texas, and you might get the impression that the eastern establishment types who run the national news magazine treat their subject as some sort of bizarre foreign country in which people believe in such shocking concepts as free enterprise and limited government.
At least Gov. Rick Perry gets 1 ? pages to make the case for his policies in his own words, in the form of an interview transcript:
A year later, you’re more resolute about the divide between the states and the federal government. The federal government wants to be the epicenter of all thought and policy and one-size-fits-all. It’s very clear that we have very, very different ideas about the structure of this country and how it should work. The tea parties are a reflection of that. I think they are highly economic-driven. At the end of the day, it is about the economy?that’s really what drives people. Government is basically saying, “I don’t care how hard you work. We are going to take more of [your money], because we know best how to redistribute it around the country.” It really irritates a lot of Americans.
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