re: Landry is a horrible governor

I voted for Xan!

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Yall say the same thing no matter who the governor is.

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Landry does legit seem pretty worthless though

And that seemed evident before the election. Republicans need to start putting forth better candidates.

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The topic is about Landry being a horrible governor. That implies a comparison. If the comparison is JBE then Landry is a terrific governor.

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As it stands now, Landry is equally sucking as bad a JBE. This governor is unorganized and all over the map on every issue that doesn't matter and completely wrong on the issues he does involve with. What tort reform? Homeowners insurance rates? Sediment Diversions he's fricking up badly. i mean, Mike the Tiger.....was that a real important issue in the grand scheme of Louisiana problems?

We have one of the largest tax burdens in the south. He has his work cut out.

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This is not the beginning of the repeal of the franchise tax. It was totally repealed.

On income tax side, I used to pay 4.25% and now I pay 3%….. IF I choose to spend my $ on buying something that’s taxable under the sales tax, I will pay an extra 0.55% of sales tax from what it is now.

The original proposal did not call for the sales tax rate increase, It called for a base that was aligned to what they pay sales tax on in Texas. That caused a lot of controversy and they did not do it. They did NOT change what is taxed at all. instead, they added the 0.55.

I understand some of the other concerns, but there is nothing to criticize the governor for on this particular issue.

He proposed a plan that was more philosophically sound… Getting rid of movie credits and lowering the rate further etc

The legislature wouldn’t go that far, but this is still the most conservative oriented tax reform that has passed in the long / terrible history of Louisiana

Corporate tax brakes that only existed here and nowhere else were ended to bring the rate down to be fairer to everyone

The income tax reductions were objectively by scored $ larger than the sales tax increase

And they repealed the franchise tax, which is literally a specific tax on investing your capital into the state whether you are profitable or not… A huge disincentive to start up businesses ….A really dumb tax according to every economist left right or center.