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re: Note to Out of State Alums
Posted on 8/27/10 at 7:24 am to randyb
Posted on 8/27/10 at 7:24 am to randyb
The village idiot isn't Martin. It's the idiots--morons--from the villages around Louisiana who populate the state legislature and don't understand that in tough economic times, you have to focus on your strengths, and not try to spread scarce resources across too many hometown university wannabes around the state.
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Posted on 8/27/10 at 8:14 am to nycajun
LSU hasnt even announced the cuts for mid sept. They announced the cuts at the end of August for a 23% budget reduction. Up until this point we had between a 5-8% cut which has trimmed the various depts down to bare bones and in many cases the federal stimulus dollars greatly helped LSU out.
Now, the depts are trimmed lean and federal stimulus dollars are gone.
Now legislatures dont think 23% cut will be enough so they uppped it to 35% cut. Talk about catastrophic.
Tax cuts by Blanco and Jindal has devastated the state in tough economic times and Louisiana has stayed largely out of the recession due to 191 Billion pumped in from Katrina which they are still using.
Eliminating the Stelly Tax Act which allowed LSU to grow by leaps and bounds in the early 200's has proved to be one of the worst moves a governor can make. If we still had the Stelly Tax Act in place which gave roughly 300M towards higher education this would be blip on the radar.
Now, the depts are trimmed lean and federal stimulus dollars are gone.
Now legislatures dont think 23% cut will be enough so they uppped it to 35% cut. Talk about catastrophic.
Tax cuts by Blanco and Jindal has devastated the state in tough economic times and Louisiana has stayed largely out of the recession due to 191 Billion pumped in from Katrina which they are still using.
Eliminating the Stelly Tax Act which allowed LSU to grow by leaps and bounds in the early 200's has proved to be one of the worst moves a governor can make. If we still had the Stelly Tax Act in place which gave roughly 300M towards higher education this would be blip on the radar.
Posted on 8/27/10 at 8:22 am to nycajun
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The village idiot isn't Martin. It's the idiots--morons--from the villages around Louisiana who populate the state legislature and don't understand that in tough economic times, you have to focus on your strengths, and not try to spread scarce resources across too many hometown university wannabes around the state.
Bingo. Unfortunately we have almost 100% idiots in both the state Senate and State House of Representatives. I doubt this will get any better unless we demand more out of them. They do work for us, not the other way around like they sometimes think. Louisiana would be smart to combine some smaller colleges and continue to fund the flagship university (and largest system in the state) to the maximum level possible.
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