Jindal calls for elimination of all Louisiana income and corporate taxes

[CrazyCajun]

Why don't we make them wear "I'm poor" signs when they walk in the door too?



Seriously, though I think we need to remember when it comes to this kind of government assistance, that it should be TEMPORARY and not a lifestyle.

The friendly name of the program is "Temporary Aid to Needy Families" I think they they forget the "temporary" part.

i think you should remember that if people can live a middle class lifestyle for free, wtf would they ever go back to work? Why should someone be able to buy filet mignon for dinner on government subsidy? or get boiled crawfish at a drive thru? The people who really need it would still use it and be grateful, the lazy people who abuse it wouldnt enjoy it as much. I buy rice, beans, flour and make my own meals, should i wear an im poor sign on my neck? Its become too acceptable to live off the government. It should effect a person pride living that way, thats the motivating factor to go back to work. The current system in no way motivates peole to go back to work. The other day a lady called in on a radio show and said that when she adds up all her gov'y assistance that it was the equivalent of clearing $2600 a month, thats food stamps, la purchase card, obama phone, low income assisted living...all that. When she worked full time, she cleared $1600 a month. What will ever motivate that woman to go back to work when she can sit on her a s s and collect?

[zephyr]

In B4 Thread Sideline.

The elimination of corporate income taxes would be great for our state's economy.

This alone would be a huge economic driver to bring more companies to LA and larger companies for that matter.

[CrazyCajun]

LOL, you think drug dealers buy $5K necklaces? Like at Zales with a wad of coked up bills?

Nah, man. They steal that too.

so they just go around stealing their jewelry, rims ,cars, designer clothes? no they flaunt their wads of cash and buy them. why would they risk their lifestyle by holding up a jewelry store when they can slang rock and buy it?

[njustice]

Property taxes are the most stable tax base period. Set things up like Texas and get out of our Louisiana politics mindset, then we'll actually be able to create a budget for higher education

[AstroCajun]

Property taxes are the most stable tax base period. Set things up like Texas and get out of our Louisiana politics mindset, them we'll actually be able to create a budget for higher education

Painful, but true.

[AstroCajun]

i think you should remember that if people can live a middle class lifestyle for free, wtf would they ever go back to work? Why should someone be able to buy filet mignon for dinner on government subsidy? or get boiled crawfish at a drive thru? The people who really need it would still use it and be grateful, the lazy people who abuse it wouldnt enjoy it as much. I buy rice, beans, flour and make my own meals, should i wear an im poor sign on my neck? Its become too acceptable to live off the government. It should effect a person pride living that way, thats the motivating factor to go back to work. The current system in no way motivates peole to go back to work. The other day a lady called in on a radio show and said that when she adds up all her gov'y assistance that it was the equivalent of clearing $2600 a month, thats food stamps, la purchase card, obama phone, low income assisted living...all that. When she worked full time, she cleared $1600 a month. What will ever motivate that woman to go back to work when she can sit on her a s s and collect?

I think you focused on the first part of my response and totally forgot about the second.

Do I believe that we should throw a rope out to help the less fortunate? Yes. There's enough of a stigma attached to it to start. And I think the benefits of doing somehing are better than doing nothing.

But help should only go so far and last only so long. It should never have been allowed to become a lifestyle.

[Hammer58]

if you made an isle at the grocery store that consisted of basic needs and that was the only things you could buy with gov't handouts, you know like rice, flour,dry beans, bread, tuna, peanut butter, eggs, etc. i would imagine all of a sudden a lot of these people wouldnt like being on entitlement programs as much.

Not really. When in high school I worked at a Winn-Dixie for a couple of years. that was back when being on government aid still had a bit of a stigma for most people. Even then, you would see the needy use the food stamps to purchase the "basic food necessities" but then use the cash they had for luxuries like alcohol, cigarette's etc. you would think that they would use the cash that they didn't need to spend on food for things like clothes and healthcare for their kids. But instead many just seemed to see the food stamps as a supplement to allow them to spend the cash as they pleased for enjoyment.

[CrazyCajun]

Not really. When in high school I worked at a Winn-Dixie for a couple of years. that was back when being on government aid still had a bit of a stigma for most people. Even then, you would see the needy use the food stamps to purchase the "basic food necessities" but then use the cash they had for luxuries like alcohol, cigarette's etc. you would think that they would use the cash that they didn't need to spend on food for things like clothes and healthcare for their kids. But instead many just seemed to see the food stamps as a supplement to allow them to spend the cash as they pleased for enjoyment.

Regardless it ____es me off when the person in front of me throws a 100$ worth of ribeyes on the counter and hands the clerk food stamps. People will always abuse the system but that doesn't mean it's should just be a free for all.

[CajunRebel]

Just like the Feds, we don't have tax problem we have a spending problem. There are basic government functions that need to be made a priority and the rest of this "feel god" crap needs to be eliminated. And everyone needs to feel the pain of taxes equally. This idea that "fairness" means those who have worked for and earned more should shoulder more of he burden creates this "tax the other guy" mentality that fuels runaway taxing and spending. Also, can you define "basic needs" that you want to give a certain segment a pass on? I'm always wary of that because idea because politicians and the beneficiaries of these we pins seem to have a very broad and generous oncept of "basic needs".

No way. The feds have an enormous spending problem. They bring in about 3 trillion/year and have a debt of over 16 trillion. And most of that goes to social programs or is spent on military research and equipment that will never be used. On the other hand our state is actually pretty damn good with spending. LA only spends what it brings in. And when it comes to taxes Louisiana stays in the top 5 for lowest taxes per individual so it's not like our legislature runs rampant with it's spending.

I don't exactly know what "feel good" crap means but I'm pretty sure I agree with you there. Of course college athletics is probably one of the biggest "feel good" thing our state spends money on. It's certainly not a basic need. So I take it you would love to have our athletic budget cut by 6 million dollars our state gives it?

As far as accounting for basic needs I like what the creators of the fair tax did to make sure the poor wouldn't have to shoulder too much of the burden. They came up with a monthly "prebate" that will be given to every american regardless of income so that everything you spend under the poverty line will be tax free. It's a very reasonable plan and it lets individuals determine what their own basic needs are, not politicians. I hope Jindal does something similar. http://www.fairtax.org/PDF/PrebateExplained2012.pdf

[NewsCopy]

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to eliminate Louisiana's personal and corporate income taxes, and he may suggest replacing the revenue with higher sales taxes, legislators said Thursday. But for now, the shift is just an idea.

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