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re: Louisiana special session: Failure.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:07 am to doubleb
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:07 am to doubleb
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TOPS is a luxury the state can't afford to provide
And the standards are way to low. Some of these kids on tops are so dumb that they have to move to Texas to find a job after school
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:07 am to Sentrius
The state GOP is a massive part of the problem. It's as if you pretend that the state legislature is full of a bunch of guys like Cruz, Rand Paul, etc. No. Not even close. It's comprised of a ton of retards who ran on "fighting the Obama agenda" and "family values" whose only mission is to say No to taxes while simultaneously refusing to cut. It's hopeless.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:21 am to el Gaucho
It's The one program for children that incentivised them to achieve, instead of a federal handout program.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:25 am to the LSUSaint
Yeah to achieve more than a 2.0 and a 12 on the act
It basically encourages disruptive poor kids to go to college
It basically encourages disruptive poor kids to go to college
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:29 am to NIH
I don't know who to be more mad at right now. Dipshit platform I hate Obama Republicans who can't govern or the Republicans who voted for JBE
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:34 am to Slippy
Fund medicaid at the level before Honor Code showed up and we’ll be fine.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:43 am to Slippy
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Louisiana State Government: Failure
FIFY. Always has been, always will be. And it’s the electorate’s fault 100%
Low information, single issue or apathetic voters with 35% voter participation gets you this
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 7:45 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:57 am to ILeaveAtHalftime
So, am I supposed to be mad about this? My taxes didn't go up, so I think I am good
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:01 am to the LSUSaint
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It's The one program for children that incentivised them to achieve, instead of a federal handout program.
I initially felt that way until they watered down the standards.
We had money when the program started, but we don't now.
Film Tax credit deal also should go. Nursing home regs. should be revised to be more in line with the national trends. We spend too much on nursing home care when folks could be properly cared for at home.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:44 am to the LSUSaint
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I know that's why it's down, kid. I may fall short in a few areas, but this isn't one. I suggest you take your toys to a different sandbox before you get in over your head, albeit too late
i'll throw the BS flag there
you got some real evidence for that? something good enough to show that it is more to blame than us not having a permian basin + a general fall in prices?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:44 am to el Gaucho
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Yeah to achieve more than a 2.0 and a 12 on the act
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:54 am to Rock the Casbah
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Fund medicaid at the level before Honor Code showed up and we’ll be fine.
This + nursing home reform + the $350 million the state is going to get from the federal tax plan + the uptick in oil prices more than balances the budget but the state democratic media will never tell the public this.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 8:54 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:59 am to elprez00
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And what does that have to do with scholarship? Students that excel in high school should be automatically saddled with the cost of college just because their parents are able to afford to live in a place with good schools? Except if theyre female or a minority of course
This is truer than you think.
My son has great grades and test scores and should be eligible for a lot of merit-based scholarships, but in looking at a lot of schools, most financial aid is need based (i.e., it's great you busted arse and have great academic achievements, but your parents make to much too reward you).
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 9:03 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:06 am to Rock the Casbah
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Fund medicaid at the level before Honor Code showed up and we’ll be fine.
What part of medicaid would you cut? If a state participates in medicaid there are about a million mandatory benefits they have to provide and a few optional ones.
You really can't just cut 10% off it. Well, you can if you do it to provider rates. But even that has an allowed minimum which we are at.
You can get rid of the expansion, but that won't save you any money for the next few years. And even then it's a relatively small amount due to the 90/10 split.
Best options for medicaid include long term care reform (which could raise ~100 million) and maybe copays. But understand copays are essentially a tax on providers. That could raise anywhere between nothing and $170 million depending on how you do it.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:12 am to Slippy
Giving away free public education is unsustainable and will bankrupt the government. Who could have seen that coming?
Louisiana deserves what they are getting right now.
Louisiana deserves what they are getting right now.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:16 am to Champagne
I love how every small market conservative screams about reducing entitlements until their kid becomes tops eligible. After that the justification begins.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:19 am to LSU5508
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I love how every small market conservative screams about reducing entitlements until their kid becomes tops eligible. After that the justification begins.
"WTF I love entitlements now"
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:21 am to LSU5508
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I love how every small market conservative screams about reducing entitlements until their kid becomes tops eligible. After that the justification begins.
If you see TOPS as just a scholarship program then, I guess. But I see it as a move toward vouchers for higher education. It helps fund the college education of stronger students and gives them choice.
The TOPS requirements, low as they are, are HIGHER than every college entrance requirement other than LSU. So I know that my tax dollars that fund TOPS, as opposed to direct state aid to colleges, are going to qualified students.
Rather than cut TOPS, I think direct state aid should be cut first. Now ideally you fund both. But if it is a choice between them, keep TOPS and fund the better students.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:25 am to BBONDS25
yeah if someone has a 300k house, they don't need my money to send their kid to school. Sorry. They can sell and buy something smaller if they want.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 9:26 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:31 am to BigJim
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Rather than cut TOPS, I think direct state aid should be cut first.
but TOPS is tied to tuition prices
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