re: These melts are hilarious but the fact remains: LA has no future

Ferriday is a microcosm for La, baw.

You want to fix Louisiana? It’s a five headed monster.

1. Freeze new hires across State Government. Propose to decrease State Worker jobs by 25-30% over next 5-8 years.

2. Put together a plan for Tort Reform. Incremental bills.

3. Anoint a Transportation and Education Czar who oversees the behemoth that can focus on remedying two to three big issues in the state. Clear the field of everything else. It’s clutter.

4. Commit to lowering income and business taxes. Offset with use-taxes like state vehicle and road/toll taxes.

5. Seek to abolish teacher unions. At the very least, link pay to performance and negotiate with the union to set performance standards.

Problem is #1 #2 and #5 get yourself burned in effigy in this state.

We’re just too stupid to know better. And that’s the problem.

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Meh, we are way less corrupt than before Katrina especially at the state level. Our education policies are working despite JBE. I think there is agreement on early childhood funding which is probably the policy that will move the needle the most. I think you, who often touts how there is a straight forward path for the poor to improve their future, are being overly fatalistic. So for you, I see this as a melt.

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We are where we are; the prevailing Culture - from downright heathen to a loving and altruistic-minded citizenry - determines the quality of life for all who live in it. It is the Spirit and Soul the Feeling - of the people that determines real QOL. Rich or poor nws.

Cultures generally move in one (negative v positive) direction or another. It is the Feeling instilled (or not) in a societies' children that determines the future.

JBE has a strong Religious Base; that was a factor in his re-election. Note His Priest front and center on the Stage. His Wife champions the early childhood education cause, supporting the positive shaping of young minds, as opposed to aborting those who statistically, may be future societal negatives. Positive, pro-activism.

JBE IS a hardball Politician. At that level, they do what they have to do to win...or they lose. Race card, etc. Highly problematic sausage making, and racially divisive. We all know the Race thing exists, and aggravating it - especially if or when a 'Katrina scenario' happens - runs the risk of great pain re openly, race-based strife. "Sew the wind...".

One could say that California "has no future". Or any Region with burgeoning populations of culturally problematic individuals, who have no hope in a System which does not fulfill their basic needs, WITHIN their ability to act responsibly (or not). That is Human Nature.

"Where there is no vision, my people die". The OP may be right...there may well be "no solution" for Cultural decay; other that the usual, historical (read "The Fourth Turning") and cyclical version of painful collapse and reboot. But if Louisiana goes down...the contagion will spread.

I don't know about the money stuff, but I do believe that JBE will support Religious Principle in our Schools. And if there is any hope of a unifying power strong enough to turn the Cultural decay tide...it will be Religious Principle-based...along with innovative technology that will change both our Economic and Spiritual paradigms to a degree which we can hardly imagine.

Count me as a realistic optimist. We'll move up...but not without pain.

your post has a lot of talking points, some that may help long-term, but it ignores the big issues

like state workers. sure we have too many and it's used as political spoils, but our biggest expense (by far) is medicaid. that's only going to keep growing so cutting state workers won't do anything in the face of REAL government spending

education is tied to the parishes, so state control can only do so much. that's a pipe dream

we can't lower taxes and pay for Medicaid, so that's out, too

"tort reform" could theoretically save some money but that's small potatoes in the big picture. it's also not going to improve the state's prospects, only save many of our taxpaying citizens a couple hundred dollars a year. that won't lead to improvement (hell we'll lose a ton of jobs and suffer an even bigger brain drain)

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Looks like Trumpony supporters are not handling the loss very well

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Louisiana rejected a Trump supporter. There must be a price to pay for defying Dear Leader.

our government gives major incentives for companies to come here and they usually won't, and when they do, it will be like IBM and be a boondoggle finding capable workers (esp for the salaries offered)

also, the movie industry has left for greener pastures as well. our state literally cannot give tax breaks away to bribe companies to come here anymore. that should be a major signal for everyone about our long term prospects

This election was an opportunity to put a pro business guy in office. Could we know for sure if he would have been successful? Of course not. What was the option?

An incumbent that grew the welfare state, increased taxes, wants to raise them further, and does not incentivize companies to bring jobs to Louisiana.

At least we have republicans majorities in the state house and senate to keep him in check. This isn’t the end of the world, but it is a missed opportunity that hurts

I blame trial lawyers for making Louisiana an unfriendly place for business.

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There ARE Solutions

1. Get rid of the state income tax
2. Hold a constitutional convention to allow for common sense budget reform
3. Lower any taxes that inhibit businesses from starting and operating here
4. Drop napoleonic law
5. Cut entitlements

The problem is no one has the balls to do these things

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All o this

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You’ve got to do something SFP. You’re governor. What your first three action items....

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am i beholden to elections or a dictator?