SHOCKER: Texas job growth outpaces rest of U.S. combined.

Since the recession began in December 2007, 1.2 million net jobs have been created in Texas. Only 700,000 net jobs have been created in the other 49 states combined.

The remarkable employment growth in Texas looks even bigger considering its size relative to the rest of the U.S. Total non-farm employment has grown by 11.5 percent in Texas since December 2007. Employment in the rest of the United States has grown only 0.6 percent. Until September 2014, total employment growth in the rest of the United States since December 2007 was still negative.

Only North Dakota has outpaced Texas on percent job growth, thanks to jobs created by the fracking revolution. California, Texas’ biggest economic rival, has created 985,600 fewer net jobs during the same period. California’s 1.5 percent job growth is ten percentage points lower than Texas’ percent job growth.

I wish America as a whole were a lot more like Texas. Of course, it would be if it werent’ for the media. UCLA Professor: Without Media Bias the Average US State Would Vote Like Texas or Tennessee.

UPDATE: Jim Bennett emails: “Hell, without media bias England would vote like Texas. From the time they suspended the death sentence through today, a majority of English polled have consistently been in favor of the death penalty.”

This is why lefties are so determined to control the media and the terms of debate.