Presentation from LANO’s 2011 Public Policy Institute

This week Edward Ashworth, Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, gave a presentation at LANO’s 2011 Public Policy Institute. During his presentation entitled “Louisiana’s Fiscal Crisis: The Current State We’re In” he discussed how Louisiana got in the crisis, what it means to your communities, and what efforts are afoot to mitigate the damage.

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.
Gov. Jeff Landry has called the Legislature into a special session to overhaul Louisiana’s tax structure.