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 $940 and let that sink in for a moment.
This won’t be a small, unnoticeable tax hike. It’ll be the kind of tax hike that casts a very large shadow over the finances of everybody who voted Edwards into office and those who didn’t.
How is he going to get something like this passed in a GOP-controlled state legislature, you might be wondering. Well, for starters, he issued a warning that should his tax package be rejected, “you can say goodbye” to the LSU Tigers, which is Louisiana’s biggest college football team.
He followed that “threat” by saying that campuses could run out of money and be forced to shut down. Not that that would actually happen, but is closing down a college a bigger deal than closing down the state economy?
Read what GOP treasurer, John Kennedy had to say on the next page.
We need to recall his Bobby Boucher’s daddy “Robert-o” ass
Tell you bye
This is exactly why we need trump. Trump wouldnt raise our taxes, hed find the fat in the government and cut.
NOBODY believes for a second any government runs a tight ship…
No doubt a Democrat. They will bankrupt all Americans to continue to support Muslims in America. Who elected this jerk?
I love how the new governor is taking the you must work part time or be in job training Clause off of food stamps in Louisiana . The state is broke & he wants more people not working or trying to learn a job skill.
More taxes is all a$#%&!@*communist knows.
all football should be banned, it is just a waste of time and money.
So what is this called? Communist or Socialist our Capitalist?
Communist
No idiot, you are the one going to be saying goodbye!! Liar!