🏈 Louisiana Governor dropping the hammer

[It Takes Eleven]

Not studying to be a journalist though, so I'm good.

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

 

[Bammerboy321]

What do you want to be when you grow up?

The leader of the banned misfits.

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[It Takes Eleven]

The leader of the banned misfits.

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Then you're wasting somebody's money on an edumacation.

 

[Bama Ravens]

All of this is code for "I want a tax increase, and you better go along with it."

 

[Che Boludo]

Update from The Times-Picayune. Looks like the problem is solved.

Baton Rouge- On the heels of threatening LSU football to relay the severity of the state's revenue crisis, Gov. John Bel Edwards made more waves today as he announced his plan for sustainable education funding.

The Governor warned the emergency state assembly that all measures both short- and long-term should be considered. He reiterated that "Louisiana has no money. The state is currently operating with a $940 million budget deficit that is set to balloon to $2 billion in the next fiscal year." Gov. Edwards stated that "there was still time before the end of the third fiscal quarter to address restructuring spending, whole of government approaches to gaining efficiencies, and to determine targeted areas for more revenue creation."

Chief among those revenue generating options was his "Sex, Drugs, and Urination for Education Program" that the Governor requested be put to immediate vote at the next assembly in two weeks. "The future of our state lies in education. We must prioritize it's support and the SDU for Education initiative provides immediate and long-term support toward that aim," said the Governor.

The concept is simple. It proposes the legalization and taxation of both prostitution and all non-synthetic narcotics. Additionally, it calls for the creation of affordable public urination permits available online with proceeds going to the consolidated education fund. These measures are expected to create more and bettered tourist experiences. Estimates indicate that the state could generate enough supplemental revenue through these measures between New Year's Eve and Mardi Gras to support all current education expenditures. Thus, all other current dollars earmarked for educational expenses could be reallocated to minimize other taxation needs for revenue generation.

The Governor closed with, "this is the right thing for our children and our great state, unless you hate kids and education. You don't hate kids and education, do you?"

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Typical political threat.. 'if I don't get my way, I'll do something stupid"

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Update from The Times-Picayune. Looks like the problem is solved.

I don't like taxing urine. Or mine.

 

[AFF]

Politicians, both left and right, are the sleaziest creatures on the face of the earth.

But Edwards’ threat to cut college football is somewhat disingenuous, especially since the Louisiana State University (LSU) program actually generates revenue. While many schools receive state funds, LSU is one of seven NCAA Division I programs that does not accept state subsidies. In fact, LSU’s athletic program generated so much revenue last season that it transferred over $10 million to the university’s general academic fund.

Louisiana Governor: "You Can Say Farewell to College Football" If Budget Deal Not Reached

 

[TerryP]

Politicians, both left and right, are the sleaziest creatures on the face of the earth.

You ever thought about how many people know that LSU doesn't take any subsidies? Maybe, maybe, one of ten.

 

[AFF]

You ever thought about how many people know that LSU doesn't take any subsidies? Maybe, maybe, one of ten.

I'm sure that's what he was counting on - ignorance and panic. I wonder if any of his political advisers thought maybe it wouldn't be a good threat to make - given the fact that LSU football doesn't take state subsidies. Apparently not - or he was too stupid or brazen to listen to them. I lived down in New Orleans for a few years back in the day. I can tell you from my experience that there is corruption and then there is Louisiana government corruption. Two totally different animals. It's no wonder they're bankrupt. I look forward to a day when all this mass connectivity and information of the 21st century will rid the world of these corrupt weasels.

 

[PurlJam]

Typical political threat.. 'if I don't get my way, I'll do something stupid"

I was under the impression that they don't have to threaten to get their way to do something stupid.

 

[alabama mike]

In my world of educational jargon, this is called a scare tactic.

 

[bama alum]

Must not be as scary as the gubbner tried to make it out to be. Lester found money to hire Craig away from the barn.

 

[red55]

You ever thought about how many people know that LSU doesn't take any subsidies? Maybe, maybe, one of ten.

The problem isn't that LSU athletics doesn't take a dime of tax funding and actually gives 10 million or so to academics each year. The problem is that the rest of LSU runs out of money in April with the mid-year budget slashing and if the republican legislature doesn't roll back their excessive tax cuts that caused the crisis, then LSU cannot cut paychecks to staff or pay utilities and may have to close the spring semester early. Athletic department cash cannot help athletes if they cannot finish the spring semester, are forced to take incompletes, and lose 12-to-15 credits that may affect their full-time status and eligibility.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

The problem isn't that LSU athletics doesn't take a dime of tax funding and actually gives 10 million or so to academics each year. The problem is that the rest of LSU runs out of money in April with the mid-year budget slashing and if the republican legislature doesn't roll back their excessive tax cuts that caused the crisis, then LSU cannot cut paychecks to staff or pay utilities and may have to close the spring semester early. Athletic department cash cannot help athletes if they cannot finish the spring semester, are forced to take incompletes, and lose 12-to-15 credits that may affect their full-time status and eligibility.

Alabama has cut higher education funding very heavily, not quite as much as Louisiana (they are first in reductions, Bama fourth). While LSU has stopped performing necessary maintenance on their buildings and they've lost a tremendous number of faculty, Alabama has thrived and expanded through a growing reliance on out of state students (and rates). Much of the Louisiana problem rests on the decline in oil prices. Higher education has borne the brunt of those shortfalls.

 

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