Chuck DeVore, rejected by California Republicans in 2010 Senate primary, now paid to fluff Texas

Republican Chuck DeVore, rejected decisively by his home state’s GOP voters in the 2010 Senate race, decided to head east to Texas instead and take a job at a conservative “think tank” whose job is to promote Texas-style conservatism. Getting right to work, he penned a love letter to his new state trotting out every tired wingnut stereotype of each of the two states. You know the ones, stuff like:

While California seeks more ways to tax success, it excels at subsidizing poverty.

I decided to take a look at his arguments more closely, to see whether his claims were true that people are fleeing California and that its business climate stifles job creation, unlike Texas.

Spoiler alert: He’s full of shit. Details below the fold.

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