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re: TOPS meant to keep college educated people in LA, instead it is funding TX's workforce
Posted on 11/29/19 at 6:42 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 11/29/19 at 6:42 pm to Sentrius
We won’t agree on this. I’ll contribute a ton more to society financially than I’ll ever get out of the system. I also spent years in Louisiana post college. I just don’t philosophically agree with your premise.
Have a nice weekend.
Have a nice weekend.
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Posted on 11/29/19 at 6:43 pm to Louie T
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Louie T
You seem to think this is a thread attacking you personally.
It's not.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 6:50 pm to Paul Allen
quote:i'm talking about where 75% of texans live. austin is kind of an exception, but then you start to lose the financial advantages.
You should probably be more descriptive. Areas outside of Austin and further west into the Hill Country are very desirable. Not the entire state of Texas is Houston and Dallas.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 7:07 pm to theenemy
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but I have no faith in our politicians using any money they recover wisely.
Why not hold the politicians accountable?
Posted on 11/29/19 at 7:29 pm to Pedro
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Yea their needs to be some overhauls to TOPS. I don’t know what the answer is but it’s not working as intended right now.
It appears to be working exactly as intended. It's developing people capable of entering the workforce.
It isn't TOPS' fault that there are no jobs in Louisiana. So, if there's a "fix", it isn't with the university system.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 7:49 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Being a single guy within the Houston loop is pretty solid. Great for dating, plenty to do and safer than New Orleans or Baton Rouge. It’s not paradise but there is no equivalent in Louisiana ( NOLA is great but insulated).
Posted on 11/29/19 at 8:10 pm to Parmen
Hard to thrive in a state run by trial lawyers
Posted on 11/29/19 at 8:13 pm to LSUtotheCore
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Most high achievers get more by going out of state now. TOPs is keeping some of them here for college and we have a chance they might stay after. Cut TOPs and watch them leave after high school.
Okay... bye lol. Louisiana taxpayer money should be going towards infrastructure anyway.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 8:25 pm to Parmen
Louisianians really don't want to make the sacrifices to make Louisiana great. Yes, Louisianians talk the talk but they don't want property taxes on par with a city like Austin, the politicians in Louisiana will never get rid of the state income tax that would help growth as it has done in Florida, Texas and Tennessee, and most Louisianians don't want the state to be attractive to outsiders because many of those outsiders have more money and education and if they move to Louisiana it will end many of the backwards cliques and cabals that have ran Louisiana in the ground.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 8:32 pm to Parmen
Tops was not created to keep educated people in Louisiana.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:04 pm to Pedro
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Yea their needs to be some overhauls to TOPS. I don’t know what the answer is but it’s not working as intended right now.
Here are some reform proposals:
1. Make the grant a convertible loan if your GPA drops below a certain level, that way students who would typically flunk out are forced either to get better grades or pay their TOPS back.
2. Require Louisiana Residency after college for a minimum number of years otherwise the grant becomes converted into a loan. Helps with the Brain drain to Texas, but doesn’t solve it because many may start in Louisiana after college but find employment out of state once they get promoted and find positions that pay more in other states.
3. Create TOPS employment credit, give employers a tax credit for hiring TOPS grads
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:10 pm to Parmen
This post was edited on 11/29/19 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:13 pm to Boaty_McBoatface
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Boaty_McBoatface
Member since Nov 2019
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Nice obvious alter. Like someone with 5 posts would post this lol.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:14 pm to Parmen
I’m just shittin
I agree with your OP.
LA is a joke and needs work
I agree with your OP.
LA is a joke and needs work
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:18 pm to Boaty_McBoatface
You're still a blatant alter, dropping the word "baw" on your first post like you've been here for years. 
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:20 pm to Parmen
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:23 pm to Parmen
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To encourage people with potential to stay in the state with the promise of a free college education. Instead you have people majoring in English and gender studies, and the people who are majoring in STEM are taking those degrees to Texas, Colorado, Washington, etc. where the real money is.
I know 5 of us that have moved to CO just in my friend group, and you have a CPA, contract lawyer, law school student, and high end programmer just in that group alone.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 9:34 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
How do you lose the financial advantages and how is Austin an exception?
Posted on 11/29/19 at 10:37 pm to Sentrius
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Sometimes the true test of someone’s character and ideology is a choice for a perfectly legal activity between what’s gratifying, expedient and what’s right and preserves your principles.
I follow the law even if I don't like it snd I take advantage of the law when it suits me.
You are crazy if you pass up legal options that benefit you.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 10:44 pm to Parmen
Educated young people are leaving Louisiana, period. The lack of large corporation headquarters, thus job opportunities in multiple fields, is a real killer. Add in horrible traffic and and abysmal school system, who would want to stay when it means being poor with dumb kids?
This is hardly new. Many of my year were gone within 5 years.
This is hardly new. Many of my year were gone within 5 years.
This post was edited on 11/29/19 at 10:45 pm
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