re: Louisiana finds $179 million, no cuts to higher education!

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So you mean to tell me all those people that never believed the LSU president's sky is falling claims were right the whole time?

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I remember some wisdom I picked up on almost 40 years ago. It was during the "gas crisis" of the late 70s. I was too young to drive, but it was all over the news. They interviewed an old lady from Georgia - she had to be 70 then, and happened to be African American. She stated, emphatically, "All of this talk is to get gasoline above $1 per gallon. Then there will be no more crisis. There will be gasoline bubbling up out of the ground, falling out of the sky - you'll be able to go anywhere you want and buy gasoline for $1 a gallon."

And I'll be damned if she wasn't right.

So, would they have "found" $179 million if the public and legislature had caved for more revenue? Of course not.

Stay crooked Louisiana!