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re: Legislative session opens today. It will be a disaster.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:32 am to Slippy
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:32 am to Slippy
Who cares.
At least we won. Vitter and the rest of the Foster/Jindal establishment cronies will never set foot back in the Governor's Mansion!
I love it every time I hear JBE's name listed as Governor
And they thought we really cared about hookers
JBE
At least we won. Vitter and the rest of the Foster/Jindal establishment cronies will never set foot back in the Governor's Mansion!
I love it every time I hear JBE's name listed as Governor
And they thought we really cared about hookers
JBE
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:34 am to Wes B
You are a complete fool if you actually think that JBE is a good governor.
He's quickly surpassing Jindal on the shittiness scale.
I have the same feeling every time Trump is listed as POTUS. It's fricking awesome.
He's quickly surpassing Jindal on the shittiness scale.
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I love it every time I hear JBE's name listed as Governor
I have the same feeling every time Trump is listed as POTUS. It's fricking awesome.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:36 am to Slippy
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Do y'all realize that HALF of the state's budget for next year will be Medicaid? It's untouchable.
That is a goddamned outrage.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:39 am to kingbob
Classic bait and switch. Smh. What a shite show.
Thanks for clarifying.
Thanks for clarifying.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:40 am to Sentrius
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The crux of all of our problems is the fricktarded state constitution and the massive protected spending it has.
Until we have a Governor with the balls to demand a rewrite for it, we will be constantly dealing with this.
And it will not matter which letter that governor has after his name either.....he will be hemmed in and will have to resort to nibbling on the edges like we have been doing.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:42 am to Wes B
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Foster
Right now I would be happy with a sane, sober business like approach to doing things like Big Mike did.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:42 am to Havoc
More like a sweet financing deal on a nice house which comes with a hidden balloon payment after the election.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:36 am to Slippy
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Do y'all realize that HALF of the state's budget for next year will be Medicaid? It's untouchable.
Yeah, but only 2.8 billion of that 12 is general fund money. And only 700 million is dedicated. The other 9 nillion is federal funds.
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BTW, y'all need to vote for Julie Stokes for Treasurer. She is a CPA, very conservative, and very smart.
I question Julie's conservative status. She likes taxes.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:40 am to BlackAdam
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I question Julie's conservative status. She likes taxes.
Probably need another thread on this, but I agree she is more moderate than say Schroder, but also way less full of crap.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:41 am to Slippy
Govt was designed to not change much.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:41 am to Slippy
if one supports TOPS, then you are a socialists
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:49 am to Slippy
Not to worry. The voters will elect Landry in four years and we'll be distracted from the budget by pointless battles over trannies and gays.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:55 am to Slippy
You like many have fallen right into the entitlement trap.
TOPS is not a necessity but you and others now see it as an entitlement. It started out with good intentions at a time when La. could afford it, but quickly became a huge albatross that the state can't afford.
The facts are La. can not afford TOPS, the Film giveaways, and the Medicare Expansion which are all relatively new entitlements.
Now we are trying to pay for all these extras at a time when our state has fought off floods and a world wide global collapse of oil. It's too big of a burden for folks to pay more taxes and whether it's a CAT, s sales tax, a gas tax of whatever; the people will pay it one way or another.
TOPS is not a necessity but you and others now see it as an entitlement. It started out with good intentions at a time when La. could afford it, but quickly became a huge albatross that the state can't afford.
The facts are La. can not afford TOPS, the Film giveaways, and the Medicare Expansion which are all relatively new entitlements.
Now we are trying to pay for all these extras at a time when our state has fought off floods and a world wide global collapse of oil. It's too big of a burden for folks to pay more taxes and whether it's a CAT, s sales tax, a gas tax of whatever; the people will pay it one way or another.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:55 am to G Vice
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only 11 cents actually goes to roads
I am pretty sure this has been debunked. It's simply not true.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:57 am to Jim Rockford
Or JBE wins again and he can revisit the Pope to stop all the slave trade from here and Houston or he can return to Cuba for another big trade deal.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:59 am to hsfolk
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if one supports TOPS, then you are a socialists
And here I thought vouchers were a conservative position.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 11:00 am to doubleb
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The facts are La. can not afford TOPS, the Film giveaways, and the Medicare Expansion which are all relatively new entitlements.
Only one of those things is an entitlement.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 11:00 am to doubleb
The problem is that the state cut funding for universities and rose tuition, which simply shifted the cost without changing who pays (the state). It was basically just reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. Until we reform our ever-growing bureaucracies in higher ed, consolidate schools so we can fund the remaining ones at a higher level, and set some higher standards for receiving TOPS, it will continue to be Groundhogs Day regarding slashing our higher ed budget. I think this is where pot legalization and taxation should come in. A dedicated "higher education fund" should be the destination for no less than 60% of any state tax receipts collected from sales of legal weed.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 11:05 am to kingbob
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The problem is that the state cut funding for universities and rose tuition, which simply shifted the cost without changing who pays (the state). It was basically just reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.
Disagree with the "just" part. Instead of giving the money directly to schools, it went to students in the form of TOPS. And what happened? The better schools (LSU, ULL, LA-Tech) thrived in terms of enrollment, and crappier schools floundered.
Schools may never actually close, but this did shift more resources where they should go. I call that a victory.
That's why I support TOPS. Like Black Adam said, it's a pseudo-voucher program that puts more power in the hands of the student and their family.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 11:05 am to Sentrius
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I'm not intersted in working with someone like that.
This would be an amazing opportunity for someone in the GOP in the House or Senate to establish themselves.
JBE established himself as the anti-Jindal when he was in the legislature. We need someone on the right to show some damn leadership this session, to put forth concrete ideas that we can all get behind.
We all know JBE's plans are a disaster... but why has no one articulated a legitimate, reasonable alternative? They say cuts, and I agree in general... but what gets cut, exactly?
Everyone knows JBE is very vulnerable but the only person that has even shown a shred of competition is Jeff Landry, and he's an unqualified nutjob.
If there is a rising star in the GOP in LA... now would be a really good time for them to step up.
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