re: EBR Parish has spent over $700 million on traffic projects since 2006.

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To put in numbers terms, if the hike is 20 cents/gal and the average driver in Louisiana buys 700 gallons (15,000 miles/year with a Ford F-150 getting 22 MPG average) of gasoline in a single year, that's $140 a year more in taxes for that person. Let's say that's a round $200/year, or $16.67/month.

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I'm not a dumbass who spends money on Starbucks, and the government doesn't need 200 more dollars of my money, they don't know how to spend my money better than me

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Louisiana is on the lower end of the middle. I'd imagine before JBE it was in the bottom 1/4 in taxes. Adjusted for Cost of living it is the ninth most friendly state so you got that going for you.

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Actually if you follow the link, we are 19th overall and 13th. adjusted for cost of living.

Also note the article was written on March 15, 2016.
The Edwards increases didn't take hold until later. In fact the sales tax increase didn't start until April 1, 2016 and that's two weeks after the article was written.

I doubt the Edwards' tax increases have been included in the linked research.

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I'm not a dumbass who spends money on Starbucks, and the government doesn't need 200 more dollars of my money, they don't know how to spend my money better than me

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This is the kind of shortsighted and backwards thinking that has kept Louisiana in the traffic and transportation quagmire it's been in for so long.

If you want improvements that are going to be impactful and immediate, it's not free. And the proposed cost is pittance.

I'm mostly conservative and when it comes to government, I think it should be small. I believe it should provide infrastructure for the public good, it should protect and enforce the law and it should protect us with a well-funded military. And here is the state government laying out a plan for it to make these changes and the same stale argument is being made against it. We won't progress if you can't think a little broader than you are.

I could tell you why even though it should be obvious but I would require 2.5 million dollars first to conduct that study.

Too much of our money is spent on pet projects.

For instance a 2.75 mile "Greenway" in downtown BR was just finished to the tune of 3 million dollars which came from state and federal grants.

IMHO, that's great; however, is that the best use for 3 million dollars? I don't think so, but it seems projects like this, the Tram, the Downtown Library, the numerous Downtown Parks, etc. get pushed through and other areas and problems are neglected.

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however, this gasoline spending tax is absolutely, 100% dedicated to transportation infrastructure spending

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You know how many times I've heard this shite? It's always a "dedicated" fund until it's needed elsewhere. Or, as in the case with the lottery, they simply reduce the budget for that dept. by whatever amount the new "dedicated" funds generate.
Sorry Sad, but this state has done all it can to betray my trust. At that it has succeeded. And I won't trust them with a penny until they get my trust back.

I agree those local programs have worked well. I'm still not in the mood to support any new taxes or tax increases. The success:failure ratio with govt spending is still not in the tax payers favor. When it comes to the state or Feds, it really sucks.
Moreover, hitting people on fuel is total shite. You can quit drinking or smoking. You can by less expensive gifts and lower your sales tax. Fuel, like groceries and utilities, is something you have to buy. Taxing it is a bitch move.

And save the public transportation, bike/walk shite, cause that's the last option for most people in this state. Peddle that shite in Chicago, NY, etc.

I don't live in Baton Rouge anymore, but almost all of the GLP projects I remember were widening projects on the south and west sides of the city. If traffic is still getting congested after the roads were widened and new signals were built, that's a YOU (citizens) problem and not a THEM (parish government) problem.

There are two ways for the citizens to reduce congestion: live closer to downtown or commute outside the rush hour. If you look at EBR on Google Maps, you can turn on the traffic view and then select "typical traffic" to see what it's like on an average day. It looks terrible at 5:30 PM on most weekdays and then mostly clear at 6:30 PM. That means you should vary the times when you commute if you hate sitting in traffic. It's something everyone in Houston or Atlanta already knows.

Baton Rouge's other problem is that too much of the commuting traffic flows through the I-10 corridor between I-12 and I-110. It's probably 40-50% of the weekday commuters, which is a massive number. They've already put a lot of effort into making Florida and Airline viable alternatives, but they still aren't freeways.

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I'd rather the money be spent on parks, green spaces, libraries, etc. then out in some unincorporated area of EBR parish

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Then quit taking our taxes.
Over half the population of EBR lives outside of BR city limits. We pay taxes for libraries, schools and parks like everyone else.

You have no clue.