Originally Posted by
dawg80
The anti-Jindal forces will give you plenty of "reasons" to reject this article as so much propaganda. So, I won't attempt to give a fair and balanced response. I do think Jindal has tried to right the ship and has made a bunch of tough decisions in doing so. Doing that, of course, he made a ton of political enemies who are mad at him and will now say (or post) any lie they can come up with to try to discredit him. The only true test of his tenure, much like that of a POTUS, will come down the road....maybe as soon as a few years, or as long as 10 years or more.
In the short-term, I will offer a preemptive strike against the negative nancys sure to post. If one believes that gov-mint spending, and thus gov-mint power, should be curtailed then Jindal has taken some important steps setting the state on the right fiscal path. He has done this during a time of national economic crisis, beginning in 2008 and still lingering to this day. I find it curious that some will say, well, where is the great boom born of Jindal's reforms, and ignore the fact that Louisiana, among some other states as well, has out-performed the national economy. Given a strong national economy, Louisiana would reap the rewards of being fiscally sound. We have already, and better things are to come.
Louisiana was 44th in being business-friendly before Jindal took office, and we are now 5th. Conversely, the USA is now 5th in the world economically, but had been a clear #1 since WWII....up til obummer took office.
Give Jindal's reforms more time.....and a strong national economy....and we'll see how it looks then.