When Firms Missed Job Goals, Perry Relaxed Rules

Since 2003, Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund has given out more than $500 million to private firms in exchange for a promise to create jobs in Texas. Yet in more than a dozen instances, the governor’s office amended awards to relax the number of jobs they were expected to produce or delaying the deadlines. While both the governor's office and the companies point to unforeseen forces like the recession for upending their plans, critics argue the amendments show a pattern of Perry's office being far too accommodating to companies receiving public tax dollars.

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