re: La Governor: I am voting for whomever offers a plan to fix/build roads and bridges.

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I'm glad a few of us actually admit this and not become knee jerks on the whole thing just because he's a Democrat, etc. Jindal was mor interested in his national profile and let things go to shite and the state legislature is still insistent in pegging he state budget to excise taxes based on the price of a barrel of oil.

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To clarify a bit, the economy didn't "slow down" it plummeted due to a collapse in energy prices. Now this really didn't affect state mineral revenues, they were mostly forecasting a decline and not that much goes to the general fund anyway.

However the slump in energy affected the rest of the economy as workers were laid off. So actually it was a hit to income and sales tax that really affected the budget.

Our tax structure isn't too dependent on mineral revenues...our economy is too dependent on energy prices.