What is the board's opinion on jindal?

So he's pro or anti?

What about you?


There's a reason Louisiana was one of the least effected states of the recession and a reason it's growing and booming with the oil industry. It's quite simple really...

Eh, he seemed to lose interest in the state after his second term started. He's definitely eying the national stage and is making ideological decisions rather than practical ones at this point. But I do think he's making a few good stands that will affect the state in the long run i.e. Medicare expansion.

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There's a reason Louisiana was one of the least effected states of the recession and a reason it's growing and booming with the oil industry. It's quite simple really...

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Well, between Katrina, Chinese Drywall, and BP disaster, we have gotten a pretty big influx of revenue, of course the question would be did/does that offset the damage from the above?

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And wtf is wrong with the tax cuts? Is it not bringing money into the state?

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I'm no expert on the subject, but it sounds as though they're not necessarily tax breaks but rather tax credits that can be traded or used otherwise. So (as I understand it) they pay no taxes while here then get additional tax credits on top of that. I think that particular poster says that those credits far outweigh the economic injection the service industry gets while companies are filming here.

The transferable tax credit program is a subsidy. It punishes those who don't give money to the movie industry by levying a tax against you if you don't buy tax credits from these private entities.

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the heavy handedness, the ethics, etc, are a serious concern IMO. He seems almost like Obama in his unilateral steamroller attitude

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That and he's a phony conservative. His views are formed after raising a moistened finger in the air to see which way the political wind is blowing.

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He's the best governor this state has ever had but that's really an indictment on the shitty governors we've had.

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The dude wanted to up the tax burden on old people.



He's a shitwad.

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Bobby Jindal has done a lot of good things including bringing a lot of good business to this state but there are so many things that he left on the table it's very disappointing. He's the best governor this state has ever had but that's really an indictment on the shitty governors we've had.

The next year and a half will be about mailing it in and sustaining his national profile.

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Pretty accurate imo. The likelihood of getting a governor that is the full package is slim to none.