Louisiana's governor has announced his intention to forgo economic stimulus package money for the state due to a supposed strong aversion to adding to the federal deficit and burdening business. This seems disengenous as Louisiana has a long history of taking more from the federal government in receipts than it actually pays in. According to the non partisan Tax Foundation, Louisiana took in $1.78 in federal dollars for every $1.00 paid in for the year 2005, ranking number four behind New Mexico, Mississippi and Alaska. The latter two are states whose governors are currently seeing the light and becoming fiscally responsible overnight. And of course this does not even take into account federal spending after the recent hurricanes.
Seems like Bobby is putting his own personal political career ahead of the citizens of the state of Louisiana. Time to throw the bums out and elect leaders who will look out for the needs of ordinary citizens and not just his rich buddies...
No comments:
Post a Comment