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re: So why is this state always broke?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:32 pm to SlickRick55
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:32 pm to SlickRick55
Louisiana is always broke because we have among the highest rates of poverty per capita, highest rates of crime, highest rates of mental illness, highest rates of incarceration, highest rates of drug use, lowest rates of educational attainment per capita, the highest rates of government employees per capita, most 4 year public universities per capita, fewest 2 year public community colleges per capita, massive infrastructure challenges for such a small state due to our geology, extremely generous corporate tax structure, extremely generous property tax structure for non-corporations, a centralized state government that does a lot of the work that county governments handle in other states, a metric f&%k ton of corruption, a raw-material / natural resource-based economy that is based on commodity prices which are mostly in the toilet right now (Timber being the exception), and we have some of the most generous state entitlement programs in the United States for everything from higher education, to welfare, to food.
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 6:40 pm
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:35 pm to SlickRick55
We aren't broke.
The pols want you to think we are, but reality is they just don't have enough revenue to spend on things they want and on what we need.
They play up the fact that we have needs that can't be addressed while they spend money on other things that they want for their friends and themselves.
The pols want you to think we are, but reality is they just don't have enough revenue to spend on things they want and on what we need.
They play up the fact that we have needs that can't be addressed while they spend money on other things that they want for their friends and themselves.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:40 pm to purpngold
In addition, money that should have been spent improving roads and education years ago was siphoned off and disappeared.
The constant stealing and mismanagement over the years has added up and is apparent now.
It is a new world with many new technologies and manufacturing needs. Big business would rather take an arse whipping than locate in LA. They would have to employ the product of what theft has turned the school system into.
The constant stealing and mismanagement over the years has added up and is apparent now.
It is a new world with many new technologies and manufacturing needs. Big business would rather take an arse whipping than locate in LA. They would have to employ the product of what theft has turned the school system into.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:42 pm to SlickRick55
Downvote, because I had to click to find out which state 
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:43 pm to purpngold
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:47 pm to XanderCrews
This says 36 colleges and universities.
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See 36 Louisiana Four Year Colleges and Universities from our extensive database of 127 Louisiana Colleges, Community Colleges, and Trade Schools.
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:47 pm to SlickRick55
Because LA is a special combination of the Unholy Trinity: Catholics, Good ole boys, and Black poverty pimps
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:47 pm to SlickRick55
Good question considering LA gets more federal government money per person than 43 of the states in the U.S.
Rest of the country is tired of subsidizing southern states in general. Get your shite together.
Rest of the country is tired of subsidizing southern states in general. Get your shite together.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:51 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
This state needs a Constitutional Amendment to remove the BS that has been written in that we cannot cut.
Honor Code cant find a single thing to cut which is BS on many fronts.
Honor Code cant find a single thing to cut which is BS on many fronts.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:58 pm to SlickRick55
Not enough people paying taxes.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:01 pm to Kafka
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Unholy Trinity: Catholics
WTF? You can't blame the Catholics for our draconian drug and alcohol laws and insanely corrupt casino licensing regime. You can thank the Protestant Jerry-Falwell types up in North Louisiana for those disasters.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:04 pm to SlickRick55
Shithole
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:04 pm to SlickRick55
Simply put, Medicaid is overwhelming the budget in Louisiana. You are not alone.
Think about that the next time you vote.
Think about that the next time you vote.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:10 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Rest of the country is tired of subsidizing southern states in general. Get your shite together.
We would love to, but the rest of the states require us to take care of our lazy, entitled masses, and our lazy, entitled masses make up a much larger percentage of our population than they do in most of the rest of the country. We'd love to stop paying for them, but the feds require we do so.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:10 pm to dgnx6
We spend more money than 25 states regardless of population.
Per capita we outspent 27 states
Only 19 states get more federal funding in total.
Only 26 states have less funds than Louisiana in total.
We are at the bottom of everything we spend money on.
This isnt a revenue problem.
Per capita we outspent 27 states
Only 19 states get more federal funding in total.
Only 26 states have less funds than Louisiana in total.
We are at the bottom of everything we spend money on.
This isnt a revenue problem.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:12 pm to SlickRick55
Cigarettes and scratch tickets.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:12 pm to kingbob
Louisiana can’t blame immigrants
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:12 pm to CoachChappy
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Most of our politicians are lawyers. We need massive tort reform to help fix our state, but our lawyers politicians will never vote for it.
This simply isn't true. Less than a third of the state legislature graduated from law school.
At least 10% of the state legislators did not earn bachelors degrees, though.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:15 pm to SlickRick55
Hayseed citizens thats wont support increased taxes. All we need is more revenue.
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