Social Baton Rouge Will Split into Two Cities Following Court Ruling

[spamking]

Good point bud. Louisiana has always had poor education as it is. I mentioned earlier that when they allowed casinos in the 90s, they used as a selling point the idea that the casino tax money would fund education. Today we are still bottom 5 or so in education.

Sounds like what we were told in Oklahoma about the revenue from the Oklahoma lottery. I think we're still waiting for that influx of cash all these years later.

 

[spamking]

and a street in New Orleans called Tchoupitoulas (Choputulas)

When I was there as part of the response team after Katrina that street was really fun to say.

That was a fun two weeks.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

"Critics says it will create a White enclave" - Oh sweet lord Obama, the horror.

The only kind of enclave that's bad

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Sounds like what we were told in Oklahoma about the revenue from the Oklahoma lottery. I think we're still waiting for that influx of cash all these years later.

And Canada with legal weed. 'Imagine what we can do for our communities with all that tax revenue?' Literally nothing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-has-received-more-than-112m-in-excise-cannabis-taxes-none-has-gone-to-municipalities-1.6489904

 

[Scerpi]

Why dont you go cry some more.

lol... Who's crying in Baton Rouge?

ooops

 

[Cajun]

Sounds like what we were told in Oklahoma about the revenue from the Oklahoma lottery. I think we're still waiting for that influx of cash all these years later.

Yeah politicians will do anything to sell an idea that sounds great.... like "Hey let's put up a toll road to pay for a high dollar project" then the tolls never come down. Typical imo

 

[Scerpi]

I see the left here is refusing to acknowledge what caused this. It was the school they were forced to send their kids to. They made an effort to address with problem first to get the school to improve them, enforce standards and they were told to shut up basically.

Their money was supporting the schools they had no say in them even with their money being thrown at them.

Ypu want to get people out of property the answer is education and parents the push that education. That's always been the answer.

It's seem the left want to drag down people that believe that to the lowest level not push the people up because it might hurt their feelings.

 

[spamking]

Yeah politicians will do anything to sell an idea that sounds great.... like "Hey let's put up a toll road to pay for a high dollar project" then the tolls never come down. Typical imo

Sounds like you're familiar with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.

 

[Cajun]

No, but it can be managed. You can't stop parents from donating to their local school and I don't think you should. But the public funding component should be done more equitably. Public funding shouldn't be different based on zip codes.

Then to be fair there must be a normalizing of property taxes. People pay premiums to give themselves and their families a better life. I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying in principle.

 

[Cajun]

Sounds like you're familiar with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.

Haha. They did it to us in Boston when I lived there. Total scam imo.

 

[Lucas1980]

And Canada with legal weed. 'Imagine what we can do for our communities with all that tax revenue?' Literally nothing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-has-received-more-than-112m-in-excise-cannabis-taxes-none-has-gone-to-municipalities-1.6489904

Same as the Lotto.....

 

[spamking]

Haha. They did it to us in Boston when I lived there. Total scam imo.

I use them every time we visit my dad or mother-in-law. It saves us from going through all of the chokepoints in OKC.

A lot less traffic and one of them has an 80 MPH limit.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Then to be fair there must be a normalizing of property taxes. People pay premiums to give themselves and their families a better life. I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying in principle.

That's the crux of it. No form of taxation sees obvious direct day to day benefit of your dollars than local / city / municipal. I fully support people who pay more in dollar value to see a higher ROI on things THEY want. I agree it's not a complete meritocracy but this is the result of people with means doing what's best for them. Fully back it.

 

[panamaican]

Then to be fair there must be a normalizing of property taxes. People pay premiums to give themselves and their families a better life. I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying in principle.

Then I don't know what you're saying. I literally said that my pet peeve is when people talk about paying property taxes specifically for the education advantage and then say that money doesn't matter.

I've also said repeatedly that education funding shouldn't be tied to property taxes.

While you're not disagreeing with me in principle, it doesn't read like you've understood what I've said either.

Maybe you should just say what you think, rather than what you think about what I think.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

lol DEI ran city getting mad that the majority white taxpayers are pulling out.

 

[Cajun]

That's the crux of it. No form of taxation sees obvious direct day to day benefit of your dollars than local / city / municipal. I fully support people who pay more in dollar value to see a higher ROI on things THEY want. I agree it's not a complete meritocracy but this is the result of people with means doing what's best for them. Fully back it.

Yeah it's hard to argue the logic.

 

[Poatan Power]

Baton Rouge and NO are really bad cities for crime and murder.

Louisiana is a beacon of crimeless prosperity if you remove certain people from the equation.

The drug war victims are most evident in cities such as this.

 

[Cajun]

Then I don't know what you're saying. I literally said that my pet peeve is when people talk about paying property taxes specifically for the education advantage and then say that money doesn't matter.

I've also said repeatedly that education funding shouldn't be tied to property taxes.

While you're not disagreeing with me in principle, it doesn't read like you've understood what I've said either.

Maybe you should just say what you think, rather than what you think about what I think.

I dont have a solid answer. I understand what your saying and maybe that removes the property tax burden that some see and gets the money from other parts. Ultimately the money will come from somewhere. Some states may try to funnel more money into poor districts. It's not rich people that send their kids to public schools for the most part. They usually pay twice one for public schools and one for their choice of private. Did you mention where the money will come from? Sorry been at a trade show all morning.

 

[panamaican]

I dont have a solid answer. I understand what your saying and maybe that removes the property tax burden that some see and gets the money from other parts. Ultimately the money will come from somewhere. Some states may try to funnel more money into poor districts. It's not rich people that send their kids to public schools for the most part. They usually pay twice one for public schools and one for their choice of private. Did you mention where the money will come from? Sorry been at a trade show all morning.

No worries.

Yes, the money must come from somewhere. My overarching point is that education should be taxed and funded at the state level.

Why? Because education standards themselves are largely set at the state level, not the municipal level. So, the state sets the standards but then leaves it up to municipalities to fund it based on local wealth. That makes very little sense. Especially for something as important as education.

 

[Cajun]

No worries.

Yes, the money must come from somewhere. My overarching point is that education should be taxed and funded at the state level.

Why? Because education standards themselves are largely set at the state level, not the municipal level. So, the state sets the standards but then leaves it up to municipalities to fund it based on local wealth. That makes very little sense. Especially for something as important as education.

Sounds reasonable. Not sure what the resistance is to the idea