Posted on 06/24/2015 1:43:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I did not express “dismay”; I merely stated a fact. Again, my point was, again my point was, that the expenses you mentioned have, for an extremely long time, been factored into the state budget and the state budget was not in the shambles it is now. Again, when Jindal came into office, the state treasury had a BILLION dollar surplus (and I am not a democrat), with the same educational tax load as it does now. Fixing roads? We already pay taxes for that. It just isn’t spent for that.
Also, Jindal said yesterday that people were moving back into the state (net plus movement). Not true. Check it out.
So you think scarce taxpayer resources have been mis-allocated? Well, so do I. Too much goes to the education establishment, who are the ones perpetually complaining. They never have enough.
And true, the Louisiana State Police annually steals 60 to 70 million from the highway trust fund, which was curtailed in the legislative session.
I think Jindal’s gotten a bad rap from the newspapers and TV stations, who carry water for the teacher’s union. Most of the “journalist” type want to get one of those deadhead jobs.
I heard his speech. He is talking the same talk as Trump. We all need to pick one or none of our candidates will win. We’ll end up with Bush.
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