1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgPaul Sweeneyhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/paul-sweeney/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ULlLe7Xka4"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1925-texas-the-corporate-welfare-state-how-gov-rick-perrys-use-of-the-enterprise-fund-is-wasting-taxpayer-dollars/">Texas: The Corporate Welfare State</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1925-texas-the-corporate-welfare-state-how-gov-rick-perrys-use-of-the-enterprise-fund-is-wasting-taxpayer-dollars/embed/#?secret=ULlLe7Xka4" width="600" height="338" title="“Texas: The Corporate Welfare State” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="ULlLe7Xka4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> At first glance, Countrywide Financial Corp. seems an unlikely candidate for public assistance. It ranks as the nation’s No. 1 home mortgage lender. Headquartered in the tony Los Angeles suburb of Calabassas, California, the sprawling financial services company outsold such household names as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America last year, racking up […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402