The Governor has some of the most intricate bureaucracy when it comes to supporting the petroleum industry, but, could not care less if that bureaucracy translates into income to the people of the state.
Many of the WORKING poor in Louisiana work for the petroleum industry as 'small business owners' called independent contractors so the oil companies don't have to offer salary and benefits. The petroleum industry have run their game on Louisiana and people are so desperate for a way of life they have dedicated their state government to support the industry itself.
The latest bureaucracy uptick by Jindal and his legislature is noted in the article below.
By most measures, (click here) the state and the waters off its coast rank first or second, behind Texas, in the amount of oil and gas produced and transported around the nation for use as gasoline, heating oil and other vital products.
Bobby Jindal as President? Ain't no way, the USA will be a wasteland to the petroleum industry. If Jindal were to become President of the USA, the people of Louisiana would no longer have Medicaid, hence no health care.
If it weren't for the people of the USA, Louisiana would have no conscience at all when it comes to the well being of their citizens, a majority are minorities. Now, I ask you, when is Louisiana going to start to tax oil companies taking oil out of the land that belongs to the people to pay their OWN Medicaid bills? Never? The petroleum industry in the USA are making record setting profits and they will never pay taxes to pay the bills of the citizens whom the land belongs? Louisiana should be swimming in wealth and well being and they are among the most impoverished state in the nation.
The article above illustrates a new category of bureaucracy concerning itself with returning the same level of oil production as before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The people of Louisiana are more scared of the petroleum industry leaving and losing drilling holes than they are about their own clean beaches and the return of shrimp beds.
That is a sick society. They can't see the forest for the trees. They sold their very souls to the petroleum industry and it shows.
Why does anyone believe the failure of the economics along the Gulf Coast after the Deepwater Horizon was immediately transferred to President Obama? Because people did not see in the disaster, including increased levels of cancer, destruction of their fishing industry and loss of tourism, as their own conscience. They saw the only money they have coming into the house disappearing? They had to blame someone, so they blamed Obama as a 'wet behind the ears, President.' They couldn't blame the petroleum industry, they are their saviors.
Louisiana has become emotionally removed from dirty water. They have oil spills there all the time, especially in their ports. So the idea there are increased cancer rates among them is a given, buy hey, "It's a livin'."
The people working in the areas of oil contamination have become immune to the presence of it in their water. After all it is even perrty lookin'.
There is absolutely no reason for Louisiana to need so much federal support if they would tax the industry causing all the disease and destruction in their state and with their people. They don't tax because they are scared they will lose the industry. Just that simple. The petroleum industry walks all over the people of Louisiana and the legislature and governor have no social conscience regarding it, they welcome it.
When I saw Governor Christi and his compassion for the people of New Jersey along side of President Obama I knew I was witnessing a man sincerely in government for the people. He had 'no mercy' when getting the help the state needed and it wasn't because of an oil spill. Governor Christi is a new way of walking and talking for the Republican Party. They should pay attention. I like him. I like him a lot.
