2012 Legislative Session Wrap Up: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The 2012 legislative session ended on June 4, with lawmakers making more cuts in public education and health care while siphoning millions of dollars to private schools and special-interest tax breaks. In a new report, the Louisiana Budget Project summarizes the good, the bad and the ugly in Louisiana’s new budget.

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The governor's plan will mainly benefit corporations and the wealthy, while working and middle-class families will pay more for services and products we use every day such as diapers, garbage collection, haircuts and home repairs. Louisiana’s tax system certainly needs to be improved, but this is the wrong way to do it.
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Gov. Jeff Landry has called the Legislature into a special session to overhaul Louisiana’s tax structure.