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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Jobs: Texas v California

    Texas governor Rick Perry has for years been saying that his state leads the nation in job creation, contrasting Texas with California, where he says regulation and high taxes squash growth. Perry’s even traveled here to woo businesses to the Lone Star state. So, is it true?

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Texas governor Rick Perry has for years been saying that his state leads the nation in job creation, contrasting Texas with California, where he says regulation and high taxes squash growth. Perry’s even traveled here to woo businesses to the Lone Star state. So, is it true?

    We found out today that the national unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7 percent last month. And the economy only added a modest one-hundred-seventy-five thousand jobs. Should Californians be packing their bags for Texas?

    The full episode

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    TX v CA, Daylight Saving & Sexual Assault in the Military
    1. 0:00Jobs: Texas v CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    2. 9:37Daylight Saving
    3. 16:07Women and TV
    4. 25:40Movies
    5. 41:55Sexual Assault in the Military
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Phillip Longman

      New America Foundation

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    TX v CA, Daylight Saving & Sexual Assault in the Military
    1. 0:00Jobs: Texas v CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    2. 9:37Daylight Saving
    3. 16:07Women and TV
    4. 25:40Movies
    5. 41:55Sexual Assault in the Military
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