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 $940 and let that sink in for a moment.
This won’t be a small, unnoticeable tax hike. It’ll be the kind of tax hike that casts a very large shadow over the finances of everybody who voted Edwards into office and those who didn’t.
How is he going to get something like this passed in a GOP-controlled state legislature, you might be wondering. Well, for starters, he issued a warning that should his tax package be rejected, “you can say goodbye” to the LSU Tigers, which is Louisiana’s biggest college football team.
He followed that “threat” by saying that campuses could run out of money and be forced to shut down. Not that that would actually happen, but is closing down a college a bigger deal than closing down the state economy?
Read what GOP treasurer, John Kennedy had to say on the next page.
Wouldn’t that be considered Blackmail
Pissoffguvnor…
RECALL…
Then i guess say goodbye to the team. At no point should any sane person should accept higher taxes when a sport is on the line. Sports are not absolutley important for everyday life. Remember we broke away from great Britain imposing stupid taxes. This is the same as choosing the lesser of 2 evils accept it is more like accepting f**e meat on your burger because you like the fries that come with it. THINK PEOPLE!! FOR$#%&!@*SAKES!!
this page should be called stupid conspiracies `.
PEOPLE are you going to let a ball team hold you hostage to high taxes. There is no sport team worth this kind of threat to your freedom to disagree with this man.
So long LSU TIGERS.
What do you expect when you put a democrat or Republican in office??
Say goodbye!
Good bye LSU tigers