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Related: About this forumSacramento Bee editorial says Texas is last in mental health care spending
Disparaging Texas Gov. Rick Perrys pitch for California businesses to check out opportunities in his state, the Sacramento Bee editorial board said Texas ranks poorly in several ways.
Weve been sorting through the Feb. 6, 2013, editorials factual claims. Click here to read our collected checks.
Among the claims: "Come check out a state that is last in mental health expenditures..."
Thats familiar. We recently looked into the same characterization by state Sen. Wendy Davis, rating it Mostly True. Another state lagged Texas in the latest national ranking of states.
Stuart Leavenworth, who edits the Bees editorial page, pointed us to the same source that Davis cited, a Dec. 18, 2012, news story posted by WFAA-TV, Channel 8 in Dallas, that was headlined "Texas ranks last in mental health funding."
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TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)Background checks will need to include the mental health care community.
Rick Perry could care less about health care because it involves the citizens of Texas.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)It takes effort to come in 51st in a field of 50.