re: Louisiana special session: Failure.

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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.

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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.