Another day in your "conservative" LA House...

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Louisiana's House advances $36 billion budget with funding for teacher pay raises, TOPS

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Once again, the state is using one-time money to fund recurring increases in spending. It's amazing that they keep doing this.

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With little debate, Louisiana's House on Thursday greenlit a multibillion-dollar spending plan for next year, advancing a series of budget bills that would begin carving up the latest federal coronavirus aid, give teachers a higher-than-expected pay raise and fund favored local projects.

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And another chunk of the federal one-time money that isn't used for recurring increased expenses, will go to pet pork projects.

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The $36.4 billion spending plan for the financial year that begins July 1 mirrors many of the recommendations put forward by Gov. John Bel Edwards when he kicked off negotiations earlier this year and maintains a steady level of funding for state agencies.

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Remember when so many on this board said having a huge majority of GOP in the house would serve to balance JBE? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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With the state's coffers buoyed by billions of dollars in federal relief, lawmakers avoided major budget cuts and instead used excess funds to bump foster care board rates, raise K-12 teacher and university faculty salaries and fully fund the state's popular Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.

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Keep sucking on that "evil" federal government tit. Oh, and that Bernie-level socialist free college program (considering the requirements are basically to graduate HS and have a pulse)

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Of those dollars, $400 million would go towards shoring up the state’s bankrupt unemployment trust fund to help pay jobless benefits instead of relying on federal loans. Lawmakers would steer another $300 million to upgrade the state's sewer and water systems and $55 million to cover revenue lost by ports.

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Keep in mind the unemployment fund was over a billion before the lockdowns started. Why isn't every dollar going to replenish that until it's back to where it was?

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The House directed another $23 million of the unspent cash to dozens of local projects. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office would get $1.9 million for equipment upgrades, Baton Rouge's Zoo would get $200,000, the St. George fire department would get $250,000 for capital improvements and the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office would get $110,000 for body cameras.

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0 of this should be state government spending. None.

But hey, let's focus on having three trannies in the state not be able to play women's basketball in the LHSAA... because THAT's what is important for us to talk about...