claim: says rick perry increased spending in texas by more than 50 percent.
author: michele bachmann
evidence_1: jun 5, 2015 ... some say his policies did more to add to the burden of student debt than relieve it  ... perry supported hundreds of millions of dollars in spending cuts for ... "his  overall record on accessibility to higher education was poor," said clay robison,  ... in texas colleges and universities increased by 50 percent, with ...
evidence_2: jun 3, 2015 ... rick perry, former governor of texas, will announce his second white ... this  growth outpaced the growth in average state spending, which grew by 50 percent . ... texas' spending increase of 63 percent from fy2002 to fy2015 ... additional  businesses and increased state-level taxes by more than $1 billion ...
evidence_3: oct 13, 2011 ... perry has served longer than any other governor in the state's history, but ...  there is just one flaw in this plan: texas isn't cooperating with rick perry. ... bill to  create a system of reservoirs over 50 years designed to prevent the .... “we must  cut spending to keep our economic engine on track,” he said in his ...
evidence_4: aug 16, 2011 ... however, a closer examination of texas under rick perry ought to give ... in fact,  unemployment under rick perry has actually increased from ... however his track  record on texas's debt tells a different story. ... in fact, pregnancy rates under  perry have skyrocketed, and are now over 50 percent higher than ...
evidence_5: aug 16, 2011 ... federal spending in texas amounts to more than $200 billion per year,  according ... texas increased spending by 15.4 percent, the biggest hike among  all 50 ... when asked his opinion of the fed, perry said of chairman ben ...