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Open letter to Gov Bobby Jindal by Sean Illing
Posted on 6/14/14 at 12:00 am
Posted on 6/14/14 at 12:00 am
Posted on 6/14/14 at 1:00 am to Pectus
I could have just gone to the local coffee shop and heard the same talking points.
Short summary. He covers all the liberal agenda:
Uses the term Tea Baggers
Criticizes Jindal for:
1.) Canceling high speed rail from BR to Nola
2.) Cutting Higher Education Budget
3.) Not Expanding Medicaid under Obamacare
4.) Trying to stop the lawsuits against the oil and gas industry.
Same ole, same ole.
Just for clarification. I support Jindal on all those issues.
Short summary. He covers all the liberal agenda:
Uses the term Tea Baggers
Criticizes Jindal for:
1.) Canceling high speed rail from BR to Nola
2.) Cutting Higher Education Budget
3.) Not Expanding Medicaid under Obamacare
4.) Trying to stop the lawsuits against the oil and gas industry.
Same ole, same ole.
Just for clarification. I support Jindal on all those issues.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 1:32 am to Pectus
I think it's great. Jindal is a douche nozzle.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 1:42 am to blowmeauburn
quote:, do the gas bags that complain about this even know the actual words of the law? The federal government only pays 100% for the first three years. After that, and increasingly each year, the state must pick up the tab. That is a huge amount of money for a state to pay.
3.) Not Expanding Medicaid under Obamacare
The governor of any state is an executive. He is not elected to serve rich people or poor people or any other group at the expense of all others. Accepting medicaid expansion is a foolish decision for anyone to make, and it is a decision that fails to look at long term problems. The imbecile who wrote this needs to get educated on the subject before he spews talking points.
Bravo Jindal on not fricking your state's future budget by expanding medicaid. It's too bad many other states will find out the hard way.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:02 am to blowmeauburn
quote:
1.) Canceling high speed rail from BR to Nola
Good idea but that thing would hemorrhage money from day 1. I would imaginethat train would be trashed within a week as well.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:19 am to blowmeauburn
I agree with all of these as well. The train would have been a money sieve from day one. Higher education needs to be more privatized. Medicaid expansion would have hurt us in just 3 years time. And the O&G industry is huge for our state. He may have a dog in the fight, but that decision wasn't just beneficial personally. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:25 am to Pectus
After reading the letter, I'm fairly certain Mr. Illing has never had to manage a budget. His entire position boils down to "I don't like you because you won't spend a shite ton of money that we don't have on stuff I like."
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:25 am to Pectus
I think Bobby Jindal is a complete fraud compared to how he and his campaign portrayed what his tenure would/could be like.
Having said that...
When I see a writer/blogger use that term, I automatically dismiss anything they have to say.
LSU Political Science Grad Student: LINK
Basically going to be a career academic worker.
Having said that...
quote:
teabaggers
When I see a writer/blogger use that term, I automatically dismiss anything they have to say.
LSU Political Science Grad Student: LINK
Basically going to be a career academic worker.
This post was edited on 6/14/14 at 10:01 am
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:43 am to Pectus
It's pretty depressing seeing all the gratuitous comments for such a childishly written article.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 9:57 am to rintintin
Yeah. I cuss. A lot. But, if you want to be taken seriously, you don't write or speak like that. Save that for informal situations only. He comes off like a bratty kid.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 10:04 am to Pectus
so many dumb, uninformed comments.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 10:52 am to upgrayedd
quote:
Good idea but that thing would hemorrhage money from day 1.
Amtrak called, said "STFU!"
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:04 am to Pectus
couldn't read it after a few paragraphs. I curse like a mother fricker, but why Curse in the article? is he trying to connect to whoever reads this webpage? Trying to be cool? He sounds like a hormonal typically cynical collage kid. If you want to make your point, and have people listen, do it professionally.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:15 am to Pectus
I think Sean Illing is retarded.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:16 am to blowmeauburn
quote:Good. Would've cost an insane amount if money. As good as it would be, it isn't worth the price right now.
1.) Canceling high speed rail from BR to Nola
quote:You can blame our moronic constitution for that.
2.) Cutting Higher Education Budget
quote:Good.
3.) Not Expanding Medicaid under Obamacare
quote:I don't agree with this. Let them go to court.
4.) Trying to stop the lawsuits against the oil and gas industry.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:28 am to Mr. Katanga
Jindal is a political animal but the author of that piece is just wrong.
The cuts he mentioned just did not happen to the degree he describes.
Jindal was right to oppose the rail. It should be done by private entities if it is viable and it is not.
Jindal was right to sign 469. Nothing is more hypocritical than for those government entities who have shared in the oil companies profits to be suing for the same activities they profited for. Ask them to return their lease and royalties payments they received over the years and they will promptly drop their suites.
The author should not have been so profane.
The cuts he mentioned just did not happen to the degree he describes.
Jindal was right to oppose the rail. It should be done by private entities if it is viable and it is not.
Jindal was right to sign 469. Nothing is more hypocritical than for those government entities who have shared in the oil companies profits to be suing for the same activities they profited for. Ask them to return their lease and royalties payments they received over the years and they will promptly drop their suites.
The author should not have been so profane.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:31 am to Antonio Moss
quote:
After reading the letter, I'm fairly certain Mr. Illing has never had to manage a budget. His entire position boils down to "I don't like you because you won't spend a shite ton of money that we don't have on stuff I like."
But then bitches about Jindal leaving the state in debt.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:39 am to Scruffy
quote:
I don't agree with this. Let them go to court.
How could ANY American be okay with unilaterally exempting a whole industry from repercussions for their actions?
fricking disgusting.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 12:02 pm to Scruffy
quote:
2.) Cutting Higher Education Budget
quote:Edward's fault?
You can blame our moronic constitution for that.
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