First stat I chose was unemployment rate, Ward:
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htmTexas is 38th in the country.
25th in life expectancy.
70% of their children are not proficient at reading in 4th grade or at math in 8th grade, below national average.
19% of their children live in poverty, again below the national average.
8% of their teens are neither in school nor working. This, too.
13% of their children do not have health insurance, more than double the national rate.
There is a higher death rate for children and teens than the national average, as well.
While their teen birth stats are half what they were in 2010, they are still almost 50% worse than the national average.
Tied for 41st - 45th for seniors living in poverty.
42nd in overall healthcare
Okay, Ward.
You want to argue that since the state of children in Texas is
only 46th out of 50 states that my claim is false?!
Or that it's not at the very bottom in poverty for either children or seniors, folks there are being served and not let down?
Go for it.