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re: Spinoff: Why can't Louisiana be more like Texas economically?

Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:48 pm to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98285 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:48 pm to
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Texas is huge


This is an overlooked reason. Texas' size permits economies of scale not available in Louisiana. Not just land area, but population.
Posted by knight_ryder
XTC cabaret
Member since Jan 2015
3356 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:50 pm to


I'm being honest man. People try to explain the racial issues in Louisiana and it's pretty obvious.
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
50381 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:55 pm to
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New Orleans was slowly turning the corner in the post-Katrina era, and Mr. Jim Letten was still the U.S. Attorney. Then he was undermined by his own corrupt staff, followed by the Presidential election of 2008, Letten was forced out, and we're back to where we were.


Democrats.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32651 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:44 pm to
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They should look at building a mini Med Center like Houston has


Well in New Orleans there is the new University Medical Center right next to the new VA. That's a start.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32651 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:45 pm to
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Actually, it's pretty fricking simple. It's called parenting. How invloved are the parents in schooling and/or the school itself?



How do you enforce or change that? The issue may be easy to identify, but the solution is not.
Posted by Watchmaker
Member since Aug 2016
768 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:52 pm to
It's a right to work state. All efforts are to keep minimum wages low. Weaken unions. It's a workers paradise. Or so they are told. Low taxes low education requirements. One in 6 people in poverty. It's a banana republic that is going to swallow up the last decent thing about the state, LSU.
Posted by Decisions
Member since Mar 2015
1488 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:34 pm to
Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but there is also serious brain drain going from Louisiana to Texas. With good reason, of course.

But losing all of those potential leaders and entrepreneurs leaves only two extremes: the bottom of the barrel who can't flee and the upper crust who want to retain the status quo.

Few are going to stay and fight the system when a much easier path to success is a mere hop and a skip away, which means there is going to be little new growth and progress.
Posted by TigerRob20
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
3732 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:02 pm to
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Few are going to stay and fight the system when a much easier path to success is a mere hop and a skip away, which means there is going to be little new growth and progress.


These threads make me depressed about calling LA home

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