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Tag: Louisiana

Bobby Jindal Announces Presidential Bid

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Apr 24, 2013 at 01:16:38 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, Expansion, Medicaid, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Leadership, Long Term (all tags)

Perhaps not directly, but is recognizing how important the grassroots are, and carefully eliminating the threats to THAT support base.

"Fairfax, VA--Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement praising Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal for urging the Louisiana legislature to block Medicaid expansion under the new federal health care law in a recent oped, "Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is bad for Louisiana":

"If the Louisiana legislature listens to Governor Jindal, Louisiana taxpayers will save $337 million from 2014 through 2019, and federal taxpayers another $7.3 billion over the same period, according to a Kaiser estimate. They will be helping to defend taxpayers across the country from an unsustainable expansion of the entitlement state.
"While some governors have caved on this issue, Bobby Jindal has stood on principle, and for that, he deserves the thanks of every taxpayer in the nation. Hopefully the legislature will listen to him, but should members vote to expand Medicaid, we urge Governor Jindal to veto it.""

Yup.

Not a doubt in my mind he has the right perspective on this.

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Right To Work Statistics - Higher Income!

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 11:33:42 AM EST
Tags: Higher wages, Wyoming, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, RTW, Right To Work, Forced Unionism, Freedom To Work, FTW, Michigan (all tags)

Often the argument against Right-To-Work laws is a flippant "Oh yeah .. Right to work for less" type of response. Many of those who say that might actually believe it, but the truth is far different.

Personal income is higher in Right to Work states

Yessiree, employees in Right to Work states enjoy higher personal income per capita than in Michigan.

Per recent census data:

Wyoming $48,608
Virginia 44,224
Nevada 41,182
Florida 39,893
North Dakota 39,870
Nebraska 39,150
Kansas 38,820
South Dakota 38,661
Texas 37,774
Iowa 37,402
Louisiana 36,424
Oklahoma 35,985
North Carolina 35,344
Tennessee 34,976

Michigan $34,949

Source: 2010 U.S. Census: Personal income per capita

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