re: Did JBE get his West Point appointment through political connections?

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But he also raised a lot of other taxes such that he took Billions out of the state's economy to the point where we are running large surpluses.

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Name the other tax increases.

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the anti business rhetoric coming out of the administration has hurt too.

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I really haven't heard any anti business rhetoric....you are gonna have to cite this because just because you say it , does not make it so. Other than the LABI baws who work for LABI, most larger business guys I speak with don't have a real issue.

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The price of oil has been on an upward track for the last four years.

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Please, the price of oil has been in a depressed state since September 2014 when Alaweed sent the Saudi oil minister a letter citing concerns about American shale production and the Saudis opened the taps. Oil has been running in a range of 44.00 to 59.00 over the last year as opposed to the 120.00 a barrel in June 2014 when the state was rolling in money. Yeah we are up from the 30.00 price in 2015, but we are no where near the target the legislature set at 62.00 minimum.