Gov. Rick Perry: Most Americans Agree With Me — We’re On A ‘Road Towards Socialism’

Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)
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On Your World with Neil Cavuto, Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry declared that he and most Americans believe that the Obama administration and Congress are taking the nation down the “road towards socialism, and most of us don’t want to go down that road.” Perry cited government bailouts of the financial and automobile industries, as well as their not-yet-completed “takeovers” of the health care and energy industries as the reasons for his claim.

On Wednesday, Perry claimed that the Obama administration was “hell-bent” on “taking America towards a socialist country” and the administration was punishing “this state” of Texas.

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