re: Louisiana special session: Failure.

It's The one program for children that incentivised them to achieve, instead of a federal handout program.

I don't know who to be more mad at right now. Dipshit platform I hate Obama Republicans who can't govern or the Republicans who voted for JBE

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Louisiana State Government: Failure

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FIFY. Always has been, always will be. And it’s the electorate’s fault 100%

Low information, single issue or apathetic voters with 35% voter participation gets you this

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It's The one program for children that incentivised them to achieve, instead of a federal handout program.

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I initially felt that way until they watered down the standards.

We had money when the program started, but we don't now.

Film Tax credit deal also should go. Nursing home regs. should be revised to be more in line with the national trends. We spend too much on nursing home care when folks could be properly cared for at home.

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Fund medicaid at the level before Honor Code showed up and we’ll be fine.

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This + nursing home reform + the $350 million the state is going to get from the federal tax plan + the uptick in oil prices more than balances the budget but the state democratic media will never tell the public this.

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Fund medicaid at the level before Honor Code showed up and we’ll be fine.

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What part of medicaid would you cut? If a state participates in medicaid there are about a million mandatory benefits they have to provide and a few optional ones.

You really can't just cut 10% off it. Well, you can if you do it to provider rates. But even that has an allowed minimum which we are at.

You can get rid of the expansion, but that won't save you any money for the next few years. And even then it's a relatively small amount due to the 90/10 split.

Best options for medicaid include long term care reform (which could raise ~100 million) and maybe copays. But understand copays are essentially a tax on providers. That could raise anywhere between nothing and $170 million depending on how you do it.

I love how every small market conservative screams about reducing entitlements until their kid becomes tops eligible. After that the justification begins.

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I love how every small market conservative screams about reducing entitlements until their kid becomes tops eligible. After that the justification begins.

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If you see TOPS as just a scholarship program then, I guess. But I see it as a move toward vouchers for higher education. It helps fund the college education of stronger students and gives them choice.

The TOPS requirements, low as they are, are HIGHER than every college entrance requirement other than LSU. So I know that my tax dollars that fund TOPS, as opposed to direct state aid to colleges, are going to qualified students.

Rather than cut TOPS, I think direct state aid should be cut first. Now ideally you fund both. But if it is a choice between them, keep TOPS and fund the better students.

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Rather than cut TOPS, I think direct state aid should be cut first.

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but TOPS is tied to tuition prices