I realize you are more involved than most, but not sure what do you mean by "on board". Do you mean "on board" for more taxes? How can he fix the mess with a typical liberal agenda?Originally Posted by dawg80
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I realize you are more involved than most, but not sure what do you mean by "on board". Do you mean "on board" for more taxes? How can he fix the mess with a typical liberal agenda?
Louisiana constitution needs to be redone. Tax exemptions are going to have to roll back. The state is not on a sustainable path.
http://m.tulanehullabaloo.com/views/....html?mode=jqm
Very true and our full time legislators should do it without a per diem.
Nothing can be fixed with a typical liberal agenda. You have to keep in mind, or understand if you didn't before, that Louisiana, like ALL states, has been pummeled by said typical liberal agenda. We don't exist in a vacuum, immune from the crap D.C. has wreaked upon us. But...there is a game that has to be played. Until such time as the ENTIRE NATION turns and rebuffs liberalism (if/when) States trying to do the right thing get hamstrung economically. So, the ignorant types can attack Jindal all they want, but he followed sound principles, that had the entire nation also followed, would have our national economy out of the cellar by now. Look, it's like this. Say you are an honest person and you, and others, sell wares to some public entity whereby you deliver goods, and then you can extract payment without any checks/balances. You take ONLY the payment due you, but the others always take more. Then a few years later, when times get tough, they are all sitting rather pretty and you are struggling.
In terms of Jindal/Louisiana we did not rape and pillage the national treasury, as much as other states did. We did not contribute as much to the now $18 trillion national debt as other states did by playing obummer's game of take, take, take! Now, yes, Louisiana has a debt that might not have been so bad had we suckled at the tits of the federal guvmint. For that, Jindal is bashed, and now Louisiana is at an economic crossroads. Also, that same obummer guvmint has attacked, economically, all the red states that he did not carry in the elections. These are facts. So now....with a demo guvnar, who has and will play nice with obummer, can Louisiana be lifted from this debt crisis? I suppose so, but only at a price of impacting the national debt more.
There are several ways to extricate ourselves from the state's debt. I hope to influence a solution that is both good for Louisiana, and at the same time, as fiscally responsible as possible toward the national debt. It's a long shot, because as mentioned, JBE is now beholden to some very powerful and very greedy special interests. But, some of us can try....
JBE names higher education committee:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/new...ttee/76734812/
The members' affiliations are in the article, but I didn't copy them. Rozeman apparently is a Tech supporter; anybody else?
Kim Hunter Reed
Sheryl R. Abshire
Preston Castille
Mike Clary
Lisa Cooper
Lola Dunahoe
Tom Enmon
Barry Erwin
Carolyn Hargrave
Valerie Holliday
Paul Howard
Edward R. Jones
Renee Lapeyrolerie
Calvin Mackie
Ron Maestri
James Maurin
Huey L. Perry
Sean Reilly
Phillip Rozeman
Joe Savoie
Joshua Stockley
Roland Toups
Got Grambling and nlulm, but not Tech.
I noticed Shadoin the Republican was in favor of the Democrat Speaker. Nice job!
Also LSUS (Cooper), Southern (Perry), UNO (Maestri), NSU (Dunahoe), ULL (Savoie), and the LSU system (Hargrave).
So only one of the Tier I Research Universities has any reps on the board?
Rozeman isn't exactly a Tech supporter. He simply wants what's best for Shreveport, which was a Tech-LSUS merger.
Stoopid voters
Yes, I know--unfortunately, he was the closest thing to an ally I saw at a glance.
I think Barry Erwin is/was the CABL President when they supported the Tech-LSUS merger. And a Tech grad.
http://www.lpb.org/index.php/publics...io/barry_erwin
Well, at least he is saying what he said he was going to do, expand entitlements:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s...rt_river_index
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I'm just glad he is pro-gun. Otherwise he would be announcing plans to confiscate everything other than a single shot 20ga..
Tech is probably Edwards' higher ed public enemy No. 1 now because of the conspiracy that Tech didn't allow the public or media in the audience for the debate at Tech due to Vitter's rumored request. It's pretty clear Edwards included every school except Tech. That doesn't happen by accident.
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