Louisiana’s newly elected Democratic Governor, John Bel Edwards, has proposed a package of tax increases to fix a $940 million budget deficit. Now, before you run off and grab a calculator to try and figure out what kind of numbers we’re talking about, consider the word “million” attached to the end of that $940 and let that sink in for a moment.
This won’t be a small, unnoticeable tax hike. It’ll be the kind of tax hike that casts a very large shadow over the finances of everybody who voted Edwards into office and those who didn’t.
How is he going to get something like this passed in a GOP-controlled state legislature, you might be wondering. Well, for starters, he issued a warning that should his tax package be rejected, “you can say goodbye” to the LSU Tigers, which is Louisiana’s biggest college football team.
He followed that “threat” by saying that campuses could run out of money and be forced to shut down. Not that that would actually happen, but is closing down a college a bigger deal than closing down the state economy?
Read what GOP treasurer, John Kennedy had to say on the next page.
Has the standard political num nuts look when they have a brain fart…………………………………
Try lowering taxes and lessening the burden on business.
If God only asks 10% of your income why does government take approx 40% through: property taxes, income taxes, Medicaid Medicare taxes, sales tax, energy tax, phone tax, gas tax, cigarette tax, food tax, vehicle tax etc…any license/permit you purchase for marriage, parking, hunting, fishing, work etc… Is another group of taxes!!!!! The government is insane!!!!!! They will take all your money if you let them! And to make matters worse, they will squander it on themselves, illegals, the lazy, fund dictatorships, abortion, illegal wars and greedy corporations and banks!!!!
Enough is enough!
shut it down
Just add Pa to that list…Wolfe is such a loser…another democrat dragging down the system and the people. Pa is broke and rumor has it he is taking in Syrian refugees to boost income…no concern for the people. He is too busy kissing butt to keep the state out of the red. But you won’t here any of this on the news channels. It’s all hush hush. I was told they are bringing in Syrian refugees on UPS planes at night into Pittsburgh and housing them near the airport in a closed home remodeling facility. Again, I was told that they are to import 3 to 5 thousand more.
I’d Tell Your$#%&!@*Good Bye.
Wtf! Louisiana! Sad! Your done
Cut welfare to illegals and lazy asses
IMPEACHED………HIM NOW……….
LOW LIFE……..SORRY…………NO GOOD………..CRAT