JINDAL GETS CREDIT FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT IN NEW MEXICO!
Here is a nice comment from the Alexandria Town Talk dated November 28, 2009:
LOUISIANA IS ON the right fiscal track, according to an independent, non-partisan foundation that lobbies for good, small government in New Mexico. In a commentary for the Sun-News newspaper in Las Cruces, Paul J. Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, urged Gov. Bill Richardson to stay away from tax increases. Instead, he writes, go after “the bloated government workforce” and similar expenses. “Ironically,” he writes, “the state leading the way in these reforms is another state that has a long history of political corruption, Louisiana. Rather than simply raising taxes on struggling families, Pelican State policymakers, led by Gov. Bobby Jindal, have embarked on a wide-ranging set of government reforms designed to reduce the size and cost of government.”
WE THINK: Thanks for the optimistic assessment, Mr. Gessing, and for suggesting that Louisiana is “blazing a trail out of the budgetary wilderness.” We’ll let you know where we end up.
