Texas and the government are chummier than you'd think Though Texas has lost its fair share of jobs in the private sector, it's added a huge number of government jobs
his chart shows the net number of private and public sector jobs lost and gained in Texas from 2007 to 2010. Despite the anti-government rhetoric from Texas Governor Rick Perry, a 2012 presidential candidate, the state has very much benefited from government jobs.
Jared Bernstein with Bureau of Labor Statistics data