I watched the live speech and I think he should be ashamed. Going on live tv and saying LSU will close its doors and there will no be college football next year if we don't pay more is pathetic. I hope there is a backlash for him trying to scare the masses into paying more in taxes.
I agree. I think it is ridiculous to think that the state as a whole would jeopardize the future of thousands of kids, "cancel christmas" as it were ( i.e. no football and the inability for student athletes to transfer and play somewhere else next year).
Absolutely shameful.
just about the only thing i agree with is that jindal screwed this state up beyond relief and will go down in history as one of the worst governors that any state has seen.
Lets just declare bankruptcy like detroit. it seems to have worked out well for them!
Jindal is but only 1/4 of this. This goes back to Edwards the criminal. When I hear people say that Jindal is the sole cause of this, it sounds ignorant. People need to do some history research. Edwards, Foster, and Blanco; have all played this stupid game. It is a common theme and easy cover in politics to just blame the last guy. Gee, where have we heard that before?
Even if John Kennedy and PARLouisiana were found to be wrong in the end with the cuts they are advocating, shouldn't we demand that this bug eyed phony try that before demolishing this economy with tax hikes?
Maybe everyone should wonder why they aren't immediately going after the bloated state employee roles here. We are 6th in the nation on per capita state employees! 6th! Out of ALL 50 states! Give me a break! BTW; we were #1 in that before Jindal!
Louisianans need to take 5 minutes from their busy FB schedules to send emails to their representatives and demand they look for cuts before tanking this place!
I watched the live speech and I think he should be ashamed. Going on live tv and saying LSU will close its doors and there will no be college football next year if we don't pay more is pathetic. I hope there is a backlash for him trying to scare the masses into paying more in taxes.
Not only that but people.are freaking out about TOPS. I feel for anyone in school that will lose their funds but if you're like me and have been in this state as long as I have you know that TOPS is given out to people every day that have not done anything stellar to deserve it. TOPS is like allot of other th ings, the fat needs to be trimmed and has been for a long time. And allot of the same people upset about are totally against Berne Sanders and his everyone goes to college for free talk which I find hysterical. My Facebook feed is entertaining these days.F-ing hilarious that people loose their mind when he mentioned college football -- 1st of all it is a college extra-curricular activity. If it can self fund itself great, but in a budget crisis, this should be 1st to get hit. BTW- when is the last time you watched a college football game and they showed a player's major and GPA? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Where was all the debate about how we are going to handle the looming budget crisis during the campaigns last fall??? All I saw was "you are a mini-Obama" vs. "you have mistresses/madams all over Washington DC."
This is what the media allows!
To me this should be a warning to all Trump supporters. I would like to know a guys history/plans vs. just campaign rhetoric and "cult of personality" followings.
He has specific plans on his website. They all do. As you read them, remember at the same time; they all lie!
F-ing hilarious that people loose their mind when he mentioned college football -- 1st of all it is a college extra-curricular activity. If it can self fund itself great, but in a budget crisis, this should be 1st to get hit. BTW- when is the last time you watched a college football game and they showed a player's major and GPA? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Not only that but people.are freaking out about TOPS. I feel for anyone in school that will lose their funds but if you're like me and have been in this state as long as I have you know that TOPS is given out to people every day that have not done anything stellar to deserve it. TOPS is like allot of other th ings, the fat needs to be trimmed and has been for a long time. And allot of the same people upset about are totally against Berne Sanders and his everyone goes to college for free talk which I find hysterical. My Facebook feed is entertaining these days.
There is nothing funny about an actual sitting governor using football as scare tactic to get a budget crisis fixed in their state. That was the most shameless and embarrassing thing I have seen out of a politician in a long time; and I've seen a lot! If you have to sink to that level of horseshit to force your BS down the citizenry's throat, you are a joke.
No - it is F-ing hilarious because the same people cast a blind eye when complete degree programs were removed because of the budget at UNO (the red headed stepchild college under LSU rule at the time) didn't say a F-ing word -- now that you mentioned an extra-curricular activity such as the beloved LSU football program all of a sudden it's a big deal. Last time I checked higher education's first precedent was for education -- not sports. Unless sports is now more important and if that is the case idiocracy is the new norm.
There is nothing funny about an actual sitting governor using football as scare tactic to get a budget crisis fixed in their state. That was the most shameless and embarrassing thing I have seen out of a politician in a long time; and I've seen a lot! If you have to sink to that level of horseshit to force your BS down the citizenry's throat, you are a joke.
I understand the context you are using. And in that sense, you are absolutely correct. That is truly laughable! The context I am using shows me a really pathetic example of a dumbass phony liberal democrat that has no idea what he is about to do to this state's economy. This dummy is using the exact same playbook his hero the Dumbass is using; both to get elected and to govern.
Truly sad.
Jindal is the main cause of this issue. The budget for Louisiana has grown over 40% during the last 7 years. John Kennedy your treasurer has been on TV & Radio the last few days telling everyone the problem and what needs to be done to correct the issue and it is not to raise any taxes.
Agreed.No - it is F-ing hilarious because the same people cast a blind eye when complete degree programs were removed because of the budget at UNO (the red headed stepchild college under LSU rule at the time) didn't say a F-ing word -- now that you mentioned an extra-curricular activity such as the beloved LSU football program all of a sudden it's a big deal. Last time I checked higher education's first precedent was for education -- not sports. Unless sports is now more important and if that is the case idiocracy is the new norm.
Agreed Emperor!! I was at UNO for my undergrad Engineering degree and saw 1st hand how we were literally ripped off under the LSU system. It's not much better under the new system simply because the money is no longer there....and that is my beef. WHEN the state had money we were left out to dry -- now the state is broke there is no hope, well except for that football school up north.
I'm not here to defend Jindal, but do you have any documentation to back that 40% number up? Seems like all I've heard over the last several years is griping from every state agency about draconian cuts to their budgets. Here's a quick 10yr budget history I found online. I don't see the massive growth. I do recall Jindal faced a $2billion shortfall in 2010.