re: What is the Teacher's Union and Together Baton Rouge's point attacking Exxon

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The Industrial Tax Exemption Program, or ITEP, has been been around for decades. It gives manufacturers a break on their property taxes for capital projects.

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These union leaders are pure idiots. They blame private businesses that are investing money back into the local economy, and ignore the fact that Louisiana is one of the highest taxed states in the country, with a budget the size of PA's state government, and then don't even consider holding politicians accountable for under-funding education.