Is amendment 2 a good or bad thing?

The idiots where I’m from are being loud about being against it. I’d support it for that reason alone if I still lived there.

Agree

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I am just hearing about this amendment because of 50 cent putting in his 2cents in the matter. Can anyone shed some light on this matter.

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I voted against it.

For the simple fact they crammed so much shite in it.

For years they've been after the TRSL funds. Liquidating the three trust funds packaged behind tax cuts seem shady. They are removing them without any guarantee they are going to actually put money into the system later. 2 billion used now to pay down the 11 billion in then unfunded liabilities without a plan doesn't seem awesome.

Especially when it's tucked away and bribing the teachers with a 2k salary increase that's not really an increase and not guaranteed to move over year to year.

Seems fishy as shite. They could have broken this up into sections and addressed each one.


Edit to add they claim they'll pay down from of the liability.. it'll end up in the general fund and screw over the pensions. They've wanted that for years.

They'll eventually go after all of it.

Doesn't matter.

All 4 go down in flames

At some point we have to get a handle on these deliberate votes on random weeks where no one votes. It doesn’t matter what the subject is. Why is there an election this week? It could have been held last November with everything else.

I agree and it sucks that they can just put these same failed amendments on another random Saturday later this year, until they pass. My comment isn't necessarily about the amendments on the ballot, just how the special interests suffer no consequences for failure and can keep using these wonky dates until they win.

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Except the biggest amendment in the ballot wasn’t even passed in the legislature until November…

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Too bad. If you want an amendment on the ballot, actually work and pass the legislation in time, or wait until the next election.

Louisiana’s random elections are total bullshite. It’s why we have half of the random state and local set asides that we do. They pass because no one knows they’re even supposed to vote.

The Louisiana legislature is the most ineffective deliberative body in the developed world

I’d be interested to see voter turnout for this election. My precinct was surprisingly busy for a random election.

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I’d be interested to see voter turnout for this election. My precinct was surprisingly busy for a random election.

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Same with my Precinct. There was actually a line of 6 people in front of me. I was quite surprised