MONEY FOR BIG BUSINESS BUT LESS FOR THE PEOPLE

KALB TV ran a story yesterday about Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's budget cuts to higher education and what they will mean for LSUA.

Our medical budget is also taking a hit.

"The LSU public hospital system is cutting more than $29 million in the current fiscal year to cope with budget reductions made by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration." (See: "LSU hospitals face a $29M budget cut").

"LSU System Vice President Fred Cerise told The Advocate that cuts will cause employee layoffs, fewer available hospital beds and program eliminations at the seven hospitals in LSU's Health Care Services Division, which has a $780 million annual budget." id.

At the same time, the Jindal administration is spending millions of our tax dollars on big businesses to get them to locate in Louisiana. There is little to no money being given to already existing small businesses that are already located in the state.

It seems that this is the way that Republicans operate. They give money to big business while ignoring the people.

On the other hand, the Democrats tend to focus more on increased spending for social programs with little regard for the costs.

Our national and state politicians seem to lack the common sense to understand that we need both, but to a lesser degree.

See Also:

THE TRUE STATE OF THIS STATE'S FINANCES AND JOBS

BROUSSARD MAYOR QUITS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DEMANDS MONEY BACK and the posts linked thereunder

MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT ACT OF 2011

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN HISTORY, LOUISIANA HAS MORE VOTERS WHO ARE NOT DEMOCRATS

STEPHANIE GRACE: REPUBLICANS DOMINATE AND DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE IN LOUISIANA

LOUISIANA'S ECONOMIC INCENTIVE FUNDS ARE ALMOST GONE

CORPORATE WELFARE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT; A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE

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REPUBLICAN vs. DEMOCRAT: MORE OF THE SAME