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Jindal’s new revenue plan: impose crushing tax increases on the poor
By Robert Mann Hasn’t Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal done enough to hurt his state’s poor citizens? After virtually destroying the public health care system, why would he want to deepen their anguish by...
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Sticking it to the Lucky Duckies: Jindal tax plan forces poor to pay their...
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Robert Mann Isn’t it remarkable how much conservative politicians just hate – hate! — tax increases on the wealthy? Remember how they howled...
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The Jindal plan: taxing haircuts, yard care, basic cable – just about everything
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Robert Mann Jindal administration officials today released a list of the various services, previously tax exempt, that would be subject to a 5.88 percent sales tax under...
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The Governor’s New Polls: with apologies to Hans Christian Andersen
Adapted by Robert Mann Some months ago there was a Governor so exceedingly fond of new polls that he spent all his money on being well liked. He cared nothing about reviewing his National Guard,...
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A Thrilling Mississippi Sales Tax Saga
By Robert Mann While discussing Gov. Bobby Jindal’s now-”parked” sales tax increase proposal with a historian friend, I recently learned that the modern-day sales tax appears to have originated in...
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A Louisana Budget Project: A Second Penny Would Be a Bridge Too Far
I share this statement, issued Saturday by the Louisiana Budget Project, in its entirety because I agree with every word. -Bob Mann A Second Penny Would Be a Bridge Too Far Times of crisis call for...
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