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re: Why Louisiana stays poor
Posted on 11/15/18 at 1:29 am to Golfer
Posted on 11/15/18 at 1:29 am to Golfer
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In the long run, the companies will expand elsewhere, defer maintenance on projects here, and ultimately shut down.
Explain then why those companies don't do that in Texas?
Out of all the people blaming an uneducated populace, most of the ones doing the finger pointing are ones that show a reliance on stereotypes and strawmen, who regurgitate the same idiot nonsense that their ignorant parents did as they sold their state to the highest bidder for peanuts.
This post was edited on 11/15/18 at 1:32 am
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Posted on 11/15/18 at 1:45 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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These are not why LA is poor.
Louisiana is poor because of cultures that foment counterproductive and socially destructive habits and behavior.
I agree, and that culcha makes up about 35% of the population in this state.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 2:01 am to DavidTheGnome
Backwards arse religious people that come out in droves to vote for someone to legislate morality. We might have no jobs and crumbling roads but they really stuck it to the gays and those evil marijuana smokers.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 5:56 am to Golfer
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populous
It's populace. I see this mistake often on these boards.
I'd say education plays a large part.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 5:57 am to DavidTheGnome
Thank you. Will watch.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:05 am to Sayre
Texas handles petrochem the same way louisiana does. Massive tax exemptions, incentives for investing in the plant, etc.
The tax revenue comes from the company and employees spending money in the state. It brings money in, the employees spend it.
Also, gtfouttahere with your condescending shitty attitude.
The tax revenue comes from the company and employees spending money in the state. It brings money in, the employees spend it.
Also, gtfouttahere with your condescending shitty attitude.
This post was edited on 11/15/18 at 6:06 am
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:09 am to Golfer
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Louisiana stays poor because it’s citizens don’t value education while it’s politicians...
How ironic since you misspelled “its” not once but twice in one sentence. You used “it’s” which is a conjunction for “it is” and makes no sense the way you used it.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:12 am to Golfer
Louisiana educators meeting
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:15 am to Sayre
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Explain then why those companies don't do that in Texas?
Probably because TX has more to offer those companies then La does. More resources ( think workforce, opportunities, major cities, entertainment, etc)better infrastructure, better living conditions, a more favorable business environment in the form of less regulation and crony politics. La. can’t retain businesses without the incentives. Texas can.
You insult people by accusing them of ignorance, then compare Texas to La.? As if that comparison is even possible, let alone fair. Way to showcase your own stupidity.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:17 am to FightnBobLafollette
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Like corporate subsidies and tax exemptions?
Do you have any clue what many of these "rich" cities and states were offering Amazon for HQ2?
Or how my how much Alabama has given to auto manufacturers? Sure would be nice to have a couple of those plants around here.
How much did Tesla get for its gigafactory in Nevada?
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:18 am to DavidTheGnome
All you have to do is go to Walmart at 11 am on a workday to see the problem.
1/2 the store will be packed with "people" still in their pajamas indicating that they don't work, try to work or ever expect to work.
1/2 the store will be packed with "people" still in their pajamas indicating that they don't work, try to work or ever expect to work.
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:26 am to DavidTheGnome
I’d said this the other day and I’ll say it again, without the O&G industry, South Louisiana would resemble a 3rd world country. Don’t be a fricking idiot
This post was edited on 11/15/18 at 6:27 am
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:26 am to DavidTheGnome
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Corporate subsidies and tax exemptions
i legit shudder to think what this state would look like without these industrial plants offering middle and upper-middle class lifestyles to uneducated workers
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:28 am to FightnBobLafollette
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Like corporate subsidies and tax exemptions?
everywhere uses corporate subsidies and tax exemptions. NY and VA just used them to land Amazon HQs
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:29 am to SlowFlowPro
Bob is a PT spawned troll, no one is that incompetent
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:30 am to Sayre
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Explain then why those companies don't do that in Texas?
have you driven to Houston lately on i10?
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:30 am to Sayre
That’s because we were blessed with access to the gulf, the port of New Orleans, and easy access to the Mississippi River.
We have some of the largest reserves of O&G off our coast. That is why we have petrochemical companies here. Not because of any sweet policies. The policies Govenor Sid would like to enact are the same ones that drive all the major O&G companies out of LA and into TX. TX got those companies because of business friendly tax policies, unlike what we have in LA.
But more so than tax policies, their judicial system isn’t slanted against business and in favor of the trial lawyer like it is here in LA. That’s the biggest issue
We have some of the largest reserves of O&G off our coast. That is why we have petrochemical companies here. Not because of any sweet policies. The policies Govenor Sid would like to enact are the same ones that drive all the major O&G companies out of LA and into TX. TX got those companies because of business friendly tax policies, unlike what we have in LA.
But more so than tax policies, their judicial system isn’t slanted against business and in favor of the trial lawyer like it is here in LA. That’s the biggest issue
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:31 am to Klark Kent
i actually think his first work was on the MSB 
Posted on 11/15/18 at 6:36 am to Klark Kent
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I’d said this the other day and I’ll say it again, without the O&G industry, South Louisiana would resemble a 3rd world country. Don’t be a fricking idiot
But we have it so that makes no sense
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