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Originally Posted by Smalls
But I hope he doesn't even make it that far. The guy raided every Dedicated Fund he could, and allowed the state budget to slip into this piss-poor state that it is now. Is he solely responsible? No. But he didn't do much to help it either.
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This seems to me to be the result of reluctance to raise taxes.
The reality of LA politics is you need a few years of piss-poor budgets to shrink the size of government to a level that will sustain lower taxes in the long run.
The idea that one needs to "reduce the size of government" to "pay for" tax cuts is inherently liberal thinking.
Jindal has taken the approach of reducing taxes to more reasonable levels and then forcing the government to shrink to match the available funds. It's turned out to be unpopular with many, but it is in line with conservative principles.
I'm no fan of raiding dedicated funds either, and would list these actions as my least favorite things Jindal has done. But I would raid our family's dedicated new car fund if a child was sick and we needed to cover medical bills.
No candidate is perfect. I'm interested in hearing what Jindal, Walker, Huckabee, Perry, and Carson have to say in the next five months as the process plays out.