Columns
Obamacare heads towards troubled waters
There is good news and bad news for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The good news is that it is nearing full implementation next January 1. […]
Columns
Allen Lottinger
We can’t let crazies run our lives
Explosions occurring this week at the Boston Marathon lead us to believe that the president of North Korea is not the only crazy person in the world. Everywhere you go there can be tragedy caused by those who have some inexplicable reason to cause it.
Columns
Unsolicited advice on tax reform
One positive aspect of being around a long time is seeing lots of folks whack at the piñata of reform with varying degrees of success. […]
Columns
Sales tax plan revealed…sorta
Thursday, Bobby Jindal made a rare appearance at the State Capitol . He materialized before the House Ways and Means and Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committees (the tax committees) in support of Rep. Joel Robideaux’s plan for increasing the state sales taxes and repealing the personal income tax and some other taxes — maybe. […]
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‘Climate change’ proposal could delay major job-creating activities
Folks who are working hard to expand our stagnant economy in the face of government-imposed headwinds had to be upset if they read the March 14 article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek entitled “Obama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change.” […]
Columns
Things that caught my eye
Add $239 more to the budget hole: If things weren’t bleak enough for the state’s fiscal outlook, more bad news came this week in the form of a $239 million federal court judgment against Louisiana. […]
Allen Lottinger
Does dining together unite us?
Some nice things seem to be coming out of our two-party system this past week. Instead of resistance and antagonisms as appeared in the past, there is friendly chat and nice talk about government business between our divided executive and legislative branches.
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Allen Lottinger
Maybe Louisiana can turn it around
There’s a lot going on in Louisiana politics these days. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is seriously planning to run for governor, as we hear. And there is obvious reason for that. He would be a likely winner.
Columns
Sequester would trigger $1.2 trillion in cuts
Unless the unlikely happens, on March 1 the much cussed and discussed federal sequester will automatically trigger, cutting some $1.2 trillion over 10 years across the board in both defense and discretionary (non-entitlement) spending. […]