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Originally Posted by AltaGuy

What are your sources for this? I see that the sales tax is pretty high (mostly because of hefty local taxes, not state), but various sources have Louisiana listed around 10th lowest for income taxes for median wage earners.

Regardless, the real issues with respect to Jindal and what has happened there seem to be with corporate taxes - especially tax breaks and various credit schemes.

So are you actually arguing that Louisiana should be lowering taxes?

It looks like even his fellow Republicans are fed up with Jindal and his ideologue ways. It seems to be a common problem with GOP governors.

Republicans like state Representative Jay Morris, who, after hearing Jindal’s vow to veto any measure that didn’t have Norquist’s blessing, declared the approach “insane.” And like state Senator Jack Donahue, who chairs the Finance Committee and who passed a bill last year seeking to determine how much the state spends on tax exemptions, only to watch Jindal veto it.
And perhaps most tellingly, the Republicans running to replace Jindal in this fall’s election. All three—Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, U.S. Senator David Vitter and Public Service Commissioner (and former Jindal aide) Scott Angelle—say they will look for a way to accept the Medicaid money and take an open-minded approach to examining tax exemptions.

http://www.newsweek.com/how-bobby-ji...economy-337999