Search Results


To Listen to Audio click the Play Button [beneath each segment] which varies based on the browser you are using.


December 4, 2013


Title: Pauken Discussing the Cost of Public Education in Texas
Topic: Public Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 1 of 2

Per pupil expenditures in Texas have grown from around $5,000 per student per year in 1975 to around $11,000 per student per year today. Some say we are not spending enough, while others say we need to focus on where we are spending the money now.

In addition, the Texas Education Agency, the TEA, says our drop-out rate is about 7.3 percent, while the Intercultural Development Research Association, the IDRA, says the ‘attrition rate’ is about 26 percent. This is a perfect example of the government “cooking the books”.

Tom Pauken, candidate for Governor, discusses the current state of public education in Texas. For more on Tom, log on to www.tompaukenfortexas.com.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Return on Our Investment in Public Education in Texas
Topic: Public Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 2 of 2

Every year Texas public schools serve an increasing number of students. Since 2005, Texas has been adding an average of 80,000 new students per year. Texas has one of the largest, most diverse student bodies in the country. We take pride of our excellent public education opportunities in Texas, but adding more students every year has its challenges, including the ever-increasing cost per student.

With our graying population and the demands this will place on public assisted health care programs, coupled with the explosive growth in public school student population, where will the money come from to fund on the demands placed on Texas government?

Candidate for Governor, Tom Pauken, has some ideas that just might work. Listen in.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

November 11, 2013


Title: Volunteers vs. Paid Political Workers: We are Betting Our Life on the Outcome!
Topic: Volunteers vs. Paid Workers
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Recently, Greg Abbott, the current Texas Attorney General and candidate for Governor, addressed a crowd of Conservative activists. He stated that the Democrats have 2,500 paid workers in the State working to turn Texas blue.

He went on to state that he would take our crop of volunteers over a group of paid workers. I disagree.

If 2,500 paid workers only register two new voters a day, five days a week, four weeks a month, for twelve months, that amounts to 1,200,000 NEW registered voters. And they know how to turn their voters out on Election Day. We are in trouble, my friends. Listen in for more.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

September 13, 2013


Title: Must the Conservative Movement be Rebuilt in Texas?
Topic: Jobs For Texans
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 1 of 2

Must the Conservative movement be rebuilt in Texas? And if so, why?

Tom Pauken, candidate for Texas Governor, will be speaking at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies national Convention in Fort Worth Saturday morning, September 14.

Tom will be at the Hyatt Regency DFW. For more details visit www.TomPaukenforTexas.com.

Please listen in.




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Jobs For Texans
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Rush was right. It is hard to beat Santa Clause. But Santa Clause is broke and someone needs to stand up and tell Texans the hard facts. Is Tom Pauken the man to do it?

Tom Pauken, candidate for Texas Governor, will be speaking at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies national Convention in Fort Worth Saturday morning, September 14.

Tom will be at the Hyatt Regency DFW. For more details visit www.TomPaukenforTexas.com

Please listen in.




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

August 20, 2013


Title: Holder-Obama Say No To More Jobs For Texans Part 1 of 2
Topic: Jobs For Texans
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 1 of 2

Candidate for Texas Governor Tom Pauken, asks Greg Abbott why he sides with Holder and Obama? Will Abbott’s decision cost Texans more jobs?

Obama and Holder helped Chicago based airlines but refuses to agree to the American Airlines merger with US Airways. Is this just another obvert decision to punish Texans for voting Republican? Why does Abbott side with the community organizers from Chicago?

Listen in.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Jobs For Texans
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Abbott holds hands with Eric Holder in stopping the merger of American Airlines with US Airways.

Conservatives adhere to free market principles. Helping Eric Holder veto the merger of two companies with plans to revive their business is not the action of someone who would implement conservative economic policies.

Are Texans tired of politicians picking winners and losers?

Listen in.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

July 16, 2013


Title: Tom Pauken Running for Governor
Topic: Texas Governor’s Race 2014
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 1 of 3

Ronald Reagan picked Tom Pauken.

Karl Rove picked Greg Abbott

Have you ever heard of Tom Pauken? Listen in….




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: Texas Governor’s Race 2014
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Stating that Texans are tired of the Robin Hood Schooling funding scheme, Tom Pauken believes Texans are reading for new leadership.

Will the Austin insiders, big money interests and highly paid political consultants continue to exercise a dominant role in this era of Texas politics? Tom Pauken again states: “It is time for new leadership.”

Have you ever heard of Tom Pauken? Listen in…




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: Texas Governor’s Race 2014
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken is calling upon Greg Abbott to engage with him in a series of Lincoln-Douglas style debates and community forums across the state so voters can understand the different views of how the Republican Party should govern.

Will Tom Pauken be able to compete effectively against Attorney General Greg Abbott and capture enough money to become the next governor of the State of Texas?

Have you ever heard of Tom Pauken? Listen in…



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

August 1, 2012


Title: Do Texas Schools Doom Kids to Debt and Unemployment?
Topic: Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Part 1 of 3

Do Texas schools doom kids to debt and unemployment?

Why do you say that Texas has a "one-size-fits-all" educational system? Has it always been that way?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Would you offer different tracks in high school - "career-ready" and "college-ready"?

Do American high schools pressure kids to go to four-year colleges? Don't you need a college degree to get a job these days?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Is it elitist to discourage anyone from going to college? Isn't a high rate of college attendance a distinctive feature of America's egalitarian society?

What should we do to improve the chances of young people finding a good job when they finish school?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

August 11, 2011


Title: Will the Obama Polices Put More Americans Back To Work?
Topic: Obamanomics
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken, Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, explains why Obama’s policies, “Obamanomics”, will not work.

Will raising taxes put Americans back to work?

Will cutting payroll taxes for the ‘employee’ put Americans back to work?

Will conforming our patent laws to protect the patent-thief put Americans back to work?




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

August 2, 2011


Title: Nationwide, State Government Revenues Fell by a Third, So Says the Census Bureau.
Topic: Government Spending
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

The Census Bureau has just reported that State Government Revenues nationwide have fallen by one-third since 2009. Cities are beginning to file for bankruptcy protection. Which state will be the first to file for bankruptcy protection?

Tom Pauken, author of "Bringing America Home", and chairman of the Texas Workforce commission explains why business have fled America, fled with all their jobs, to nations which have more favorable business taxes. For decades, progressives have either taxed or regulated American businesses out of business.

Tom Pauken asks, “Is it too late to turn America around? Is it too late to bring jobs back to America"? We must fight in the voting booth to begin Bringing America Home.




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

June 3, 2011


Title: Too Many Kids are Going to College
Topic: Higher Education
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Author and Republican Tom Pauken says that high school teachers and counselors are encouraging too many kids in the lower 40% of their class to pursue higher education. Is he just throwing cold water on the dreams of students and their parents? Don’t people who attend and obtain a college degree make more money than people without a degree? Log on to www.TomPauken.com  to learn more about this and other issues.




More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

December 14, 2010


Title: Take Back America and Bring Jobs Home!
Topic: Bringing America Home
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Former Texas Republican Party Chair, Tom Pauken, urges for a complete overhaul of our Corporate Tax Structure. Mr. Pauken, the current Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, explains how Germany has a huge trade surplus with regards to their manufacturing base, even with comparable labor costs with US manufactures. The culprit: America’s Corporate Tax Structure. For more, log onto Mr. Pauken’s website and order a copy of Bring America Home, at www.TomPauken.com.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

July 29, 2010


Title: BRINGING AMERICA HOME
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken is the author of “Bringing America Home”. Today, he discusses how GOP leaders are fumbling around trying to rebuild the Reagan Party. Is it too late to save America? Visit www.TomPauken.com to learn more.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

May 27, 2010


Title: HOW CAN REPUBLICANS BLOW THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? Part 1 of 2
Topic: Pure Politics
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Some Republicans are on the verge of drinking the Kool-Aid. Obama’s current Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the former Rep. Congressman from Peoria, recently announced a plan to allow Mexican trucks to drive their loads on US roads. Log on to www.TomPauken.com for more on this and other issues.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: HOW CAN REPUBLICANS BLOW THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? Part 2 of 2
Topic: Pure Politics
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

On March 1 of this year 56 members of Congress (including 29 Republicans) signed a letter asking the Obama administration to reopen our borders. In case you can’t add, more than half of the signatures were Republican. What are they thinking? Visit www.TomPauken.com



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

May 6, 2010


Title: WHY ARE WE STILL VULNERABLE? Part 1 of 2
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken, former head of the Texas Republican Party and the Director of the Action agency during the Reagan administration, says: “Obama’s left-wing approach can’t fix” the current anti-terrorism policy. Visit www.TomPauken.com to order his new book: “Bringing America Home”.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: WHY ARE WE STILL VULNERABLE? Part 2 of 2
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

What is wrong with the term: “War on Terror”? Will Europe remain a reliable ally against radical Islam? For more on this and to order Tom’s new book, “Bringing America Home”, log on to www.TomPauken.com



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

April 9, 2010


Title: Bringing America Home
Topic: Bringing America Home
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

In Bring America Home, Tom Pauken responds to the lack of conservative leadership in the last decade. He insists that Republicans don’t need to reinvent conservatism, just return to it. Pick up a copy at your favorite book store.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

November 18, 2009


Title: OBAMA’S IN-ACTION ON THE JOB CRISIS Part 1 of 2
Topic: Job Summit
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

We’ve had a fiscal responsibility summit; a health care summit; an Afghan-Pakistan summit; a G-20 AND G-8 summit; a Russian summit; a NATO summit; and an American summit. Obama recently announced a December Jobs Summit - but it won’t be until next month! Come on, Obama - get with the program!



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: OBAMA’S IN-ACTION ON THE JOB CRISIS Part 2 of 2
Topic: Job Summit
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Obama wants to consider every additional, responsible avenue to encourage and accelerate job creation in America. But, what’s his plan? Tom Pauken is the Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. Log on to www.TexasWorkforce.org for help.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

October 26, 2009


Title: THE IMPACT ON TEXAS OF THE CAP AND TAX BILL Part 1 of 2
Topic: Cap and Trade Bill In Congress
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, Tom Pauken, explains how the Cap and Tax bill currently being debated in the US Senate will effect Texans. Log on to www.twc.state.tx.us for more information.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: THE IMPACT ON TEXAS OF THE CAP AND TAX BILL Part 2 of 2
Topic: Cap and Trade Bill In Congress
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

When Kennedy and Reagan took office, the country was in a heavy recession, as we are now. These 2 Presidents were able to bring the country out a slump. So, how is the Obama Plan different?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

September 28, 2009


Title: THE IMPACT ON TEXAS OF THE CAP AND TAX BILL Part 1 of 2
Topic: Cap and Trade Bill In Congress
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, Tom Pauken, explains how the Cap and Tax bill currently being debated in the US Senate will effect Texans. Log on to www.twc.state.tx.us for more information.



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: THE IMPACT ON TEXAS OF THE CAP AND TAX BILL Part 2 of 2
Topic: Cap and Trade Bill In Congress
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

When Kennedy and Reagan took office, the country was in a heavy recession, as we are now. These 2 Presidents were able to bring the country out a slump. So, how is the Obama Plan different?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

August 5, 2009


Title: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT Part 1 of 4
Topic: Rebuilding the Conservative Movement
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Guest Tom Pauken is the current Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. How did Tom Pauken become involved in politics?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT Part 2 of 4
Topic: Rebuilding the Conservative Movement
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

What is the purpose of the Texas Workforce Commission? Why does the TWC want to spend more tax dollars to train workers?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT Part 3 of 4
Topic: Rebuilding the Conservative Movement
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

What are some of the ways Texans - and Americans - can restore the economy?



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT Part 4 of 4
Topic: Rebuilding the Conservative Movement
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

For more information on the Texas Workforce Commission, log on to www.twc.state.tx.us



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

February 14, 2006


Title: Big Money is in control of our Republican Party
Topic: Pure Politics
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken explains how and why big money took over control of the Republican Party and what we can do to correct the problem. For more: www.dallasblog.com



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

October 18, 2005


Title: A critique of the Bush 43 Administration
Topic: Pure Politics
Discussed by Tom Pauken
with Tom Pauken For Texas

Tom Pauken, former Texas State Republican Party Chair, will be critiquing the Bush 43 Administration this Friday, Oct.21st, at the Houston Area Business and Professional Chapter of the John Birch Society. He also shares personal knowledge about Harriett Miers. For more info on the luncheon, call 281-373-1109



More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization