re: LA ranked #1 - worst run state government

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Poverty: 20.2% (2nd highest) The report notes many of worst managed states have low budgets, and Louisiana is no different. The state collects the equivalent of $2,071 per person in tax revenue per year compared to the average of $2,821 that other state collect.

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If you look at it as a percent of average income or state GDP, the Louisiana is overtaxed. We do every everything wrong. Our local and state governments are looked on as jobs programs not service organizations.

We tax income which discourages legal income. We have the highest sales tax in the country.

The state has been talking about diversifying the state economy in order not to depend solely on oil and gas production for 40 years. in failing to do so we have driven our best and brightest away to smarter places like Texas.

We elect liberal fools like John Bel Edwards, who couldn't manage a snow ball stand.

All of this is possible because the people of this state largely just don't care. Just throw me something Mister.

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The burden is on too few people is the problem. The productive people are being fleeced for a bullshite government which panders to keep people in poverty.

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Most of the productive people left for Houston, Dallas and Atlanta...the State of LA squandered its massive resource advantage. It could have been TX, but much of the wealth was stolen. It's a criminal shame that the legislature has never taken the Long's stolen oil and gas royalties from them.