re: Gov. John Bel Edwards wants big changes in how LA biz, individuals taxed

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A lot of us bitch when things get tight and the legislature says they may have to raise taxes. We always say well, the state will have to do with less. Fair enough, but no one ever really says what they are willing to do without when it comes to services. We can bitch about the Medicaid expansion , but, we pay for the poor one way or the other when they get sick either through taxes or higher rates on our insurance.

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You do realize that they just raised state taxes over a billion dollars. La. Sales tax went from 4% to 5% which was a 25% increase right there.

The current state budget was pegged at 26.9 Billion. Just slightly over 12 Billion dollars comes directly from the Federal Govt. meaning La. generates roughly 15 Billion dollars in taxes and fees, etc a year.

That means La. taxpayers just took a hit of over 7% in state sales tax increases.

With a state in recession is it a good idea to keep raising taxes without cutting the superfluous programs and the pork?