re: Jeff Landry transition committee calls for phasing out corporate and personal income taxes

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Eliminate state income taxes, then also shift funding of public schools, parish roads, police departments, etc more onto the local governments. Instead of a model where three to six percent of someone's income is sent to Baton Rouge in the form of a state income tax, keep tax dollars local with local property taxes to fund those municipal and parish needs.

This keep taxes and funding responsibilities more local would mean that Louisiana would have to stop having the highest property tax exemption in the country. Prepare for there to be blood-gurgling screams if/when that gets proposed.

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People will complain about local governments being more corrupt than the state.

In some places, that will be true. There is no doubt that some local goverments will do a much better job with more authority than others will. That's ok. At least it gives some local places a chance at success, whereas under the current model, no place has a chance of success.