Short quick fix for LA budget deficit

Duck you!

Here's an idea...

CUT SPENDING!!!

We dont have a revenue problem in Louisiana, we have a politician problem in Louisiana. When there is an agenda to pass, budget issues are the sources of blasting through an agenda.

Last governor wanted to show that he could make the cuts needed to run a country. Current governor wants to expand medicaid and needs approx 1.6Billion in start up fees. Wait a minute... the projected deficit is just north of the amount needed to expand medicaid? And he wants to propose a penny tax that will go away when he hits that mark?

So, to all of you jumping on the political bandwagon of point fingers, just realize that these guys have made careers off of lying, cheating, and stealing, and they wont stop just because they're elected. I'm all for paying taxes, but somethings gotta give before I give more to a governor who increased his staff's salaries by 20-30k.

Dude is a joke... just like the last one, and more than likely, the next.

downvote away libtards and repubtards

I'll see your "idea" and raise you a real idea: There are consultants costing the state millions of dollars a year to assist the government employees, all of whom are already receiving a salary. Either hire the consultants outright or hire better state employees. Also, kill all of the schools that no longer mean anything. I'm talking LSUA, LSUE, Northwestern, etc...these schools are sucking up funds and for what? No one goes to LSUA to graduate... Next, we listen to what Kennedy said the other day...he outlined several hundred million in spending cuts that can be realized almost immediately. The present government wants to do nothing but blame the past. Blame Jindal (when in all honesty, this fiasco was started with Blanco's blessing, but that's neither here not there)

TL;DR: Cut the fat from the government and the large number of mostly useless public universities.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, FIRE EVERYONE AT THE DMV

Or you could legalize it and collect tens of millions of tax dollars.

yep more taxes always solves budget problems.

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Short quick fix for LA budget deficit

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Step1: Legalize all drugs and prostitution
Step2: Levy 15% excise tax on those
Step3: Bring in eastern european hookers, Brazilian hookers, and Colombian blow.
Step4: Cut spending

Problem solved

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Since oil / gas prices are unusually low right now, implement (by a public vote) a 20 cent per gallon tax that automatically stops in 1 year. In BR, that would bump gas from 1.38 to 1.58 gallon. The kicker is that it goes away in 365 days!

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Should the excise tax be bumped up a cent or two? Probably, it's been stationary for well over 10 years. Bumping it up 20 cents a gallon is insane.