re: If you were Governor of Louisiana, what policies would you enact?

1. Eliminate the state income tax. You're immediately going to have people looking to move there from neighboring states in the South.
2. Cut public school funding dramatically. Defund liberal arts programs at the state's colleges and universities and divert that funding to STEM departments.
3. Enact a voucher system that lets parents take their kids to any private school they wish.
4. Copy Texas' med-mal reforms.
5. Roll back medicaid expansion.

Louisiana as Texas without the californian and illegal alien infestation? I'd move there tomorrow.

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The problem is the LA french culture which tolerates gov graft as long as there’s cheap beer, hit gumbo and music. I don’t know how you change that other than moving your own arse out of the state

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This is part of the charm of Louisiana in much the same manner as the crappy roads in New Orleans.

TOPS out
Government free low tax business zones to encourage company investment and job creation
School choice
Legalize pot
Trial lawyer reform

All bond issue millages would fall automatically. When you intact a bond issue for a new school for example all that is collected is amount used to pay the bonds. If you have a bond that requires $10 million to service I am for spreading that $10 million over ALL the property instead of just the property that is not presently exempted.

The only millages that would require legislative intervention are the mandated fixed millages. So what I am saying if a fixed millages is bringing in $20 million it will be adjusted down so that still just brings in $20 million. Today it may take 100 mills to do than with my expanded base it might take 50 mills.

I will tell you something else if every property owner is paying the taxes purposes and passing new taxes will be much harder.

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vodkacop

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No more jungle primaries.

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Idiotic take. From someone who obviously has no clue about the number of registered Republicans and Democrats in this state. Or how much the open primary system allows Republicans to dominate local, Parish and statewide races.

It’s frustrating to see people I generally agree with on most subjects display such ignorance about why Conservatism and Republicans have made such inroads in Louisiana.

If you didn’t have crossover voting thanks to the Open Primary System in LA the Republican Party would be in shitty shape. This is coming from a conservative.

Educate yourself or stop posting stupid shite. One or the other. Seriously. It’s both free-and fantastic-advice.

Now that that’s done:

1.) Call a Constitutional Convention and remove statutory protections for state agency funding. Everyone’s cock is on the block. Not just healthcare and higher ed.

2.) End Homestead Exemption.

3.) End Corporate Tax Exemptions.

4.) Reduce funding levels to all non Land-Sea Grant Universities in-state. Force them to consolidate into the Vocational/Technical System.

5.) Reroute TOPS to only be applicable to VOTECH System Degrees and Certifications.

6.) Institute Massive Tort Reform.

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Ask Texas to annex Louisiana.

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I think we'd do this if you showed a little more love and were kind to TAMU when they play LSU.

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5.) Reroute TOPS to only be applicable to VOTECH System Degrees and Certifications.

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I love this idea in every way

I would close/privatize a lot of public universities and merge the ones in close proximity. We have too many and I am not keen on needlessly subsidizing so many Marxist indoctrinators.

Are you aware that universities in Louisiana are, for the most part, almost private now, receiving relatively very little funding from the state? Public schools and health care account for most of the state budget.