Louisiana

Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards says his state is out of money, approximately a billion dollars in debt. He's telling the good folks of Louisiana that if THEY don't pay a lot more taxes SOON, that some drastic cuts will have to be made. Those include health care for those who can't afford it and closing ALL colleges in the state because there will be no money to keep them open.

LSU is in Louisiana. LSU FOOTBALL is in Louisiana. He said as early as April, every single student will be given an incomplete for their classes making all LSU football players ineligible for the fall semester. That means LSU will have no longer have a football team.

Republicans in the state are unhappy with the governor's scare tactics and billion dollar tax increase. They have been giving him more and more money each year and Edwards just keeps on increasing state spending. They say it isn't a matter of not enough taxes being paid, it's a matter of government spending ever increasing amounts of other people's money.

In an escalating socialistic country, where everyone feels they are entitled to get everything everyone else already has, we'll see this more and more often. Bernie Sanders is currently at the forefront of this movement.

I don't like where we're headed.

History has taught us many things. The one that we always fail to learn? Making rich people poor does not make poor people rich. It makes everyone poor. There aren't enough rich people to make a real difference, even if you redistribute it all.

Democrats have learned one thing though, if you promise lower income people more free stuff, they'll vote for you.  And the only way you'll get them to keep voting for you is to keep giving them more and more stuff.

That's why Louisiana doesn't have enough money. All that new stuff every year costs a lot of money.

Government should provide basic services for everyone. Those extra services? They make everyone more dependent on government. Adults should really be responsible for themselves.

My own personal philosophy? Help people when they need help. Realize that isn't a life-long commitment. Knowing the difference would make all this unnecessary spending go away.