Tom Pauken

A government-guaranteed loan to a so-called green energy company Solyndra has been in the news lately. Solyndra was supposed to employ thousands of Americans in the production of solar panels and received federal loan...
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What is the most productive way for a business to spend its time and resources? Is it by employing tax specialists to decipher the lengthy tax code in order to minimize its tax bill? Or is it to concentrate on innovation,...
America faces its most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. While the finance economy has improved somewhat since the bursting of the credit bubble in 2008, the labor market economy continues to languish...
The political mood in America is extremely volatile these days. In 2008, the American voters were upset with the policies of the George W. Bush administration and turned over Congress to the Democrats while electing Barack...
Over the last week, college seniors across the country attended commencement ceremonies where they were lauded for their educational accomplishments. Such events are a time of celebration for graduates, their families and...
U.S. multinational firms are shedding millions of American jobs while adding millions overseas. According to a recent Wall Street Journal story, newly released data from the U.S. Commerce Department showed that...
On January 16, 2009, the Texas Workforce Commission hosted a forum entitled “Putting America Back to Work.” At that conference, a number of our speakers made the case for lessening our dependence on unstable sources of...
A recent bond sale by Texas that is expected to save taxpayers more than $110 million and ease the tax burden on employers is a stark contrast with other states and nations who have been punished by the bond market for their...
CONOOC, China’s national oil company, recently announced an agreement with Chesapeake Energy Corporation that would give the Chinese a 33 percent share in a new drilling project set to start soon in southwest Texas.
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In a print ad published in 41 newspapers across the state of Texas on October 5th, the so-called Back to Basics political action committee (PAC) claims that “the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation’s...
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Devastating wildfires across Texas in recent weeks have been the most visible evidence of a year-long drought that Texas officials have declared to be the worst on record. Behind the highly visible carnage caused by the...
National unemployment remains stubbornly high, with the latest figures for July showing 9.1 percent unemployment. Even Texas – which has done better than any other state in the nation in adding private sector jobs over the...
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Address by Chairman Tom Pauken at the Texas Farm Bureau Summer Commodity Conference in San Marcos July 7, 2011:Let me first begin by expressing my appreciation to the Texas Farm Bureau for all of the fine work your...
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The following letter by me appeared in Sunday’s edition of the Dallas Morning News:Dear Editor,“High joblessness may be ‘normal,’” was the headline of a story in Monday’s Business section of the News.When it comes...
Were I to have a moment with President Obama as he visits El Paso and Austin this week, my message would be simple: Bring jobs home to America.The citizens of El Paso could be especially instructive in this regard. They’re...
Long-term trends in the labor market have been particularly brutal for men, but our Washington policymakers appear to be either unaware of such trends, or to have ignored them for the most part. Over the past decade, the...
Thank you Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Doggett and distinguished members of the subcommittee for allowing me to submit this written testimony.Texas has an important story to tell and because I believe our experience can...
National unemployment in November rose to 9.8 percent. With national unemployment hovering in the 10 percent range, an increasing number of analysts, pundits and economists are asking whether these high rates of...
"Jobless America threatens to bring all of us down with it" is the headline of a recent story by Jeremy Warner in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. In the article, Warner notes that the U.S. unemployment rate...
Policies to put Americans back to work aren’t working.Since the Obama stimulus spending program began in February 2009 and continued through May 2010, we have added 400,000 government jobs, while the nation has lost 2.7...

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