Pension, Gas Investment Boost Perry's Income
This is one in a series of occasional stories about ethics and transparency in the part-time Texas Legislature.
Gov. Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, made a little more than $300,000 in 2011, getting a pay boost over the previous year thanks to his new state pension benefit and the sale of an interest in North Texas gas wells, tax records show.
The couple reported adjusted gross income of $312,597 and paid $76,000 in taxes. They gave $27,083 to charity: $25,000 to his mega church, Lake Hills Church in West Austin, and $2,000 to ...
Comments (16)
John Cobarruvias via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is amazing. Perry knows that the common every day worker in Texas does not have a pension, does not have a retirement plan, and will be dependent upon social security when they do retire at 70+. He also knows that these people really don't care that Perry has a $100,000 pension and health care for life. And he is right. They keep electing him. They keep supporting him. They say nothing. Perry knows he has them right where he needs them.
Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Keep ticketing their ears with hate and misinformation Rick so they vote for you.
Casey Bennett via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is not wrong to capitalize on rules and regs that every other "double-dipper" enjoys. It's called capitalism, people are just jealous you can't do what he has done.
Jeff Scroggin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That isn't capitalism.
Catherine Harren Barufaldi via Texas Tribune on Facebook
<---shocked that random commentator on FB doesn't know the definition of capitalism.
Solomon Banda Jr via Texas Tribune on Facebook
i never voted for this sob!
Bryan Johnson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sure it's capitalism if you derive the definition of capitalism from the intransitive verb (" to capitalize on") and not the actual ("ownership of capital goods and means of production") definition.
And Perry is so horrible, it just boggles my mind that he gets re-elected year after year.
Matt Milam via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Amazing that this ass clown is still around. Nothing but a thief who could care less about anyone other than himself.
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
never worked a day in his life...
Joline Tate
I certainly don't begrudge his investment gains. Why are you implying this is a bad thing? Are you playing class war fare, like the President does so effectively. I only wish I would have invested so wisely.
Marie Megan
If he has the right to it, then so be it. People can work to change the law if they really don't like it. At least, he releases his tax returns. Let's see according to the Tribune, only Perry, Dewhurst, and three other lawmakers have released theres.
People are getting angry over this, but if he refused to release it they wouldn't be able to. I'd like to see others release theirs.
Robert Berger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I disagree Neil, it takes a lot of work to present yourself as so ignorant and bigoted and get his fans to re elect him. He is an humiliation to Texas and the majority don't even realize he is against their own interests and welfare.
Cindy Rhoton Cook via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I worked for the state of Texas for 25 years and my pension runs about 12K for the year. I must also rely on social security to make ends meet. Funny how there are different rules for elected officials!
JC DemocratofTejas
Bizness as usual for rick. Tell us about your foundations created for the State that you use for your personal advantage ($$); your no-bid contracts to buddies that declare bankruptcy and skip the State (after a bit of payola); your business acumen in purchasing (when) and selling gas wells (fracking no doubt); your relatives placed in positions controlling foundations for that extra zing in income; and all the exciting ways you have stripped the State funds (Rainy Day, et al.) and gone from a 5 digit income to a 6+ digit income in the last 4 years. That and the extra kickbacks to the Troopers and you are set to tell the rest of Texans to get on down the road. 2016? Don't make me laugh.
Conrad Gonzales via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The FED UP guvner who publicly prays for less government while double dipping his state pension (our tax dollars). He is our For-Profit Non-Prophet!
Chris Jonsson
How about Perry pays back some of the frivolous security bills he ran up in his run for president with his windfall income? Oh yeah, women's healthcare and public education aren't that important compared to an embarrassing national spectacle for our state.