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Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:22 am to SyntaxError
You said "last 50 years" so I'll resist the urge to say "the people who said the economy would collapse without slavery" and instead say "the people who said the economy would collapse without immigration."
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:22 am to SuperSaint
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Laissez-faire attitude and living.
When I graduated from college and moved to Louisiana, after the first year I learned this.
If you just meet the very basics of your job description, you're the model employee and that hasn't changed.
Work place expectations are so low in Louisiana that meeting the very basics is considered going above and beyond.
This post was edited on 2/1/20 at 11:23 am
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:23 am to SuperSaint
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Laissez-faire attitude and living. Turning a blind eye to corruption and accepting it as part of the culture in doing business. Nepotism.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:26 am to SyntaxError
Why Louisiana Stays Poor
This video explains why Louisiana sucks very well. The TL;DW - we give enormous tax brakes to companies, even relative to other states. Probably because our elected officials get my kick backs for helping them out.
This video explains why Louisiana sucks very well. The TL;DW - we give enormous tax brakes to companies, even relative to other states. Probably because our elected officials get my kick backs for helping them out.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:34 am to Blastoise
Yeah, if only our politicians had more tax dollars to spend the state would be a shining beacon on a hill. 
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:35 am to SyntaxError
Wypipo
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:40 am to dupergreenie
Earl Long. He had a chance to cut a deal with the feds that would have given Louisiana a decent size share of offshore royalties. Rather , he rolled the dice and the US Supreme Court ruled against Louisiana in a 1950 decision that gave the feds the mineral under submerged lands. He tried to take a second bite and lost again when they set the offshore boundary at 3 miles. If he had cut the deal, we would be the richest state in the union.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:41 am to SyntaxError
The Long and Edwards political machines are heavily to blame.
However, it should be noted that the voters get the government they deserve.
However, it should be noted that the voters get the government they deserve.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:42 am to Blastoise
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This video
...is Marxist propaganda.
We're not business friendly enough. This "video" makes the opposite case which is patently absurd.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:45 am to Blastoise
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This video explains why Louisiana sucks very well. The TL;DW - we give enormous tax brakes to companies, even relative to other states. Probably because our elected officials get my kick backs for helping them ou
That's just populist stupidly, which is why LA is where it is.
The ghost of Huey Long still controls the soul of the simple man.
Btw: it's Breaks.
This post was edited on 2/1/20 at 11:46 am
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:45 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Jindal was the guy you send to a back room with 5 boxes of papers to figureout a problem. He was not a leader.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:46 am to NIH
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Yeah, if only our politicians had more tax dollars to spend the state would be a shining beacon on a hill
I've always laughed at that argument from those videos. As if more revenue to the government = more wealth for its citizens
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:48 am to SyntaxError
Katrina
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:49 am to fallguy_1978
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I've always laughed at that argument from those videos
The true believers have no real concept of economics.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:58 am to SyntaxError
It’s Huey Long. His fingerprints are all over Louisiana government. For better or worse.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 12:05 pm to michael corleone
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Earl Long. He had a chance to cut a deal with the feds that would have given Louisiana a decent size share of offshore royalties. Rather , he rolled the dice and the US Supreme Court ruled against Louisiana in a 1950 decision that gave the feds the mineral under submerged lands. He tried to take a second bite and lost again when they set the offshore boundary at 3 miles. If he had cut the deal, we would be the richest state in the union.
Add Leander Henry Perez Sr. to the list with Long as well.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 12:06 pm to Blastoise
Wow, your head couldn’t be in any further in the sand.
Tax breaks aren’t the reason. Corruption at every level of local government is.
Local agencies are consistently looking to increase their budgets every year.
And to that I say, “frick that”
Tax breaks aren’t the reason. Corruption at every level of local government is.
Local agencies are consistently looking to increase their budgets every year.
And to that I say, “frick that”
Posted on 2/1/20 at 12:06 pm to PhilemonThomas
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It’s Huey Long.
Huey Long and his "share our wealth" bullshite injected a frickin' social disease into this state.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 12:10 pm to SyntaxError
"Most" responsible.
Huey
Huey
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