Tag: Houston

This article was passed along by one of our subscribers and relates back to our article: The Unemployed Should Be On To Houston: A New Diaspora? In Houston, we have a problem. It’s a crisis that will impede the reconstruction of our nation’s fourth-largest city. The problem isn’t capital, though….

The devastation in Houston is overwhelming and Texas Governor Greg Abbott is estimating costs to recover will be $180 – 200 Billon. No small potatoes…and they are going to be short of laborers to do the work…and would like to employ the undocumented laborers all ready on site. That’s another…

One of the main undercurrents of the Foxconn deal, after you get past the breathtaking $3 billion state tax subsidy, is the environmental waivers that the state is providing. One of the variances applies to wetland management, something I wrote about briefly last month. But essentially Foxconn will have the…