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[quote]I pay property tax and my daughter goes to private school. Just give me back what I pay I school property tax which is about 3K a year and I’m good.[/quote] My kids are grown. Using your logic, I should not have to pay school taxes. Or adults without kids. Etc. Remember, your school ...

re: St. George and the future of EBR

Posted by BigJim on 5/17/24 at 10:05 am
[quote]I have read that approximately 65% of the tax base for EBR is gone now.[/quote] I don't think that is right. [quote]The roads and infrastructure are already in terrible condition.[/quote] That's a parish issue (for the most part), so that should not change...which is not to say the r...
Meh. Trump and Biden supporters will each say their guy won. ...

re: Landry Is No Conservative

Posted by BigJim on 5/16/24 at 12:03 am
[quote]OP’s point is partially true. Landry is a social conservative but not on business/small government issues. What OP—and many on this board—aren’t getting is that Landry needs the conservatives on his side to win again. [b]People need to let their State Senators know they want the Insurance Com...

re: Landry Is No Conservative

Posted by BigJim on 5/16/24 at 12:00 am
[quote]Tort reform isn’t dead.[/quote] A lot of bills that will affect property and casualty passed. Auto...not so much. Still, advances were made. ...
[quote]Larvadain’s House Bill 316 did not include those extra benefits when he introduced the bill or when it passed the House. In an unusual move, Larvadain offered an amendment to add them before the Senate Judiciary B Committee, which approved the change without any explanation of what senators ...
[link=(https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-wants-to-give-higher-pay-to-gaming-control-chair/article_7564fafe-12ec-11ef-b724-a33f538b41ce.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share)]Getting an extra $12k and retirement benefits[/link] [quote]Rep. Ed Larvadain, D-A...
[quote] They never learn. The maganecks will never buy into ancap philosophy. Rothbard and Lew Rockwell tried it with the newsletters, and it didn't work[/quote] Is that the point? Or is the point to get third party voters to vote for Trump over Biden?...
[quote] The only interactions I have with him have been good. He'd be a breath of fresh air.[/quote] Personally, I like him had have had good interactions with him as well. He is smart and hardworking. I think he wins in the competency arena over SWB. But he is much more to the left in ...
[quote]My wife works for a doctor that had $250k of student debt cancelled[/quote] Because the doctor was just that awesome? Or you leaving something out? Like-he worked in a rural or underserved area for so many years. Or the hospital/practice paid his debt because they wanted to hire him a...
Cancer-linked? Not sure that is enough to eliminate material that prevents fire. Hey, how about letting the free market decide this one?...

re: Social Security could end in 2035

Posted by BigJim on 5/7/24 at 6:15 pm
SS won't end in 2035, benefits will just be reduced according to existing law. That doesn't really affect the point you are making, but I don't want people to be misinformed....
[quote]ax film credits, oil and gas, and gambling isn’t the answer. [u]Providing a better mousetrap than our neighbors is[/u].[/quote] I will settle for as good a mousetrap as our neighbors! ...
[quote]The only thing anyone brings up is Article 7. If that’s the goal, you don’t need a convention, especially since the “delegates” are the legislators. Step 1. File a bill to say what you want in Article 7 and what you want in statute. Step 2. Legislators debate it during the session. Public...
To be fair, that was poll ranked the constitutional convention versus other priorities like public safety and economic development and education. Those are actual goals. A constitutional convention is a means. ...
[quote]This will end badly. It won’t lower premiums and will make it easier for insurers to just leave.[/quote] Perhaps you haven't noticed, but they have already left. They don't want to do business in a risky state. Part of, but not the whole issue, is why would you write policies in stat...

re: EBR Mayor-President race

Posted by BigJim on 5/1/24 at 11:35 am
[quote]Are we at bedrock suck here or could a Ted James run BRPD get worse?[/quote] It's an interesting question. Senator SWB was, for the most part, pretty moderate and about as pro-business as a black Democrat could get. The knock on her used to be she was an empty suit. Mayor-President SWB ...
Buy into stupid propaganda, win stupid prizes...
Got the link from Business Report [link=(https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-majorityblack-house-district-rejected-f3a5a51ff937f036303479888bfdc7ce)]LINK[/link]...