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Bobby Jindal speaking truth to GOP power
Posted by Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake on January 24, 2013 at 6:30 am
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver a forceful denunciation of his party’s Washington-centric focus in a speech to the Republican National Committee on Thursday evening, arguing that the GOP is fighting the wrong fight as it seeks to rebuild from losses at the ballot box last November.
“A debate about which party can better manage the federal government is a very small and short-sighted debate,” Jindal will tell the RNC members gathered in Charlotte, N.C. for the organization’s winter meeting, according to a copy of the speech provided to The Fix. “If our vision is not bigger than that, we do not deserve to win.”
Jindal’s speech — and his call to “recalibrate the compass of conservatism” — is the latest shred of a growing amount of evidence that the Louisiana governor is positioning himself to not only run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 but do so in direct (or close to it) opposition to his party in the nation’s capital.
In the speech, Jindal will repeatedly caution that Republicans in Washington have fallen into the “sideshow trap” of debating with Democrats over the proper size of the federal government.
“By obsessing with zeroes on the budget spreadsheet, we send a not-so-subtle signal that the focus of our country is on the phony economy of Washington, instead of the real economy out here in Charlotte, and Shreveport (La.), and Cheyenne (Wyo.),” Jindal is set to say at one point in the speech. At another, he will argue that “Washington has spent a generation trying to bribe our citizens and extort our states,” adding: “As Republicans, it’s time to quit arguing around the edges of that corrupt system.”
Running against Washington — and the Republicans who inhabit it — is smart politics for Jindal. Congress, viewed broadly, is at or close to all-time lows when it comes to approval ratings. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted earlier this month, just 24 percent of those tested approved of the job that Republicans in Congress were doing.
Even more stunning, among self-identified Republicans only 39 percent offered a favorable rating for their own party’s representatives, while 58 percent viewed their own elected officials in an unfavorable light.
Jindal is far from the only 2016 Republican hopeful to use his party’s Washington contingent as a foil to bolster his own political prospects. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) rant against House GOPers for failing to bring up a funding bill on Hurricane Sandy – an instant classic — was another prime example of congressional GOPers being triangulated by their party’s future leaders.
(Also worth noting: Jindal isn’t completely free of Washington’s stench, having served three years in Congress before his 2007 election as governor.)
While Jindal’s attack on his party’s failed focus is the main thrust of the speech, he also took time to excoriate his party for some of the shortcomings made clear during the 2012 election.
* On Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comments: “We must compete for every single vote — the 47 percent and the 53 percent, and any other combination that adds up to 100 percent.”
* On the party’s struggles to court non-white voters: “We must reject the notion that demography is destiny, the pathetic and simplistic notion that skin pigmentation dictates voter behavior. …The first step in getting voters to like you is to demonstrate that you like them.”
* On the likes of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock: “It’s time for a new Republican party that talks like adults. We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. We’ve had enough of that.”
And Jindal will also try to demonstrate the sort of big-picture vision — you know, “that vision thing” — that is in demand in a party searching for itself in the electoral wilderness. “We must shift the eye line and the ambition of our conservative movement away from managing government and toward the mission of growth,” Jindal will say.
With this speech, Jindal makes a strong case to be the leading voice — or at least one voice in a relatively small chorus — committed to leading the Republican party out of its electoral wilderness.
Fixbits:
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who went after Hillary Clinton hard on Wednesday, says she got emotional in order to deflect his questions.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduces a scaled-back gun control bill, which would attempt to crack down on straw purchases — i.e. people buying guns for other people, including criminals.
Vice President Biden will be in Richmond, Va., on Friday rallying for the Obama Administration’s gun control plan.
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) confirms he’s considering a primary challenge to Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).
Another New Jersey poll shows Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) leading Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) in a primary.
Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) want a permanent earmark ban.
We finally know what Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said last week.
Former congressman Mike McMahon (D) may seek a rematch with embattled Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) in their Staten Island-based district.
Must-reads:
“Gun control proposals could split President Obama, Harry Reid” — Paul Kane, Washington Post
“2014 Could Bring a Political Novelty: A More Limited House Playing Field” — Joshua Miller, Roll Call
•white
•angry
•against everything that is outside their bias bubbleOR
•ditzy bimbos with a penchant for colloquialisms
And, much of what he has done is as fundamentalist freaky as anything that ever came out of Todd Akin’s mouth.
I would also be willing to bet if a little research were done, Jindal has had similar things to say.
After all, THAT’S the party he was trying to impress until the first week of November.
Jindal has shifted services and effectively begun reducing low income community hospital services. One of the first medical treatment programs reduced was for mental health and drug treatment.
He opted out of the health insurance exchange… so now louisiana will fall under the federal program and coverage..hmmmm.
His administration attempted to exempt newly created charter schools from the Louisiana state teachers retirement system… was ruled unconstitutional..
His administration pushed through the Louisiana the Science Education Act, whereby schools can use supplemental materials to textbooks in science courses teaching evolution and global warming.
Least anyone forget he supported Rick Perry… assume that was V.P. asperations.
Haven’t noticed much difference between his style of speaking and that of a desperate car salesman type.
of history, especially American history, civics, science. definitely mathematics and even the English language. Mr. Jindal we are all appalled at your party. You are a fool for staying with them.
That is too simplistic, it is more than the comments it is the policy behind the comments. As long as Republicans want to force a women who has been raped to have that child, they will be on the wrong side of the majority of public opinion no matter how they try and word it.
This guy whose ultimate ambition it is to head the federal government is trying to position himself as a candidate for that position by making a speech advising others in his party to not focus on the federal government.
Would that be called ironic or hypocritical?
He should get out before his political aspirations are totally ruined by association.
I could not agree more with you. However, let us not forget that it was because of Jimmy Carter that Reagan rode in on a white horse. I became a Reagan democrat in 1984 because I simply could not see Walter Mondale as president and it became obvious that no one (democrat) was available who qualified as presidential.The GOP is now in the same boat. This sqawking parrot is trying to position himself for vice-president and sadly, I say again, sadly, he probably will be if Christie DOES NOT (or gets passed over after telling these people what they don’t want to hear) run. Jindal has always struck me as a cruel Louisiana joke. He tries his gosh darnest to speak like a white man while the look on his face says “please try not to notice that I am not”. Sorry pal, the older folks in my family are from Louisiana and they shake their heads in disgust not wanting to believe the lows as to JUST WHERE POLITICS HAS FALLEN in that ol’ once was, God-fearing white Christian state that has been overrun by Mexicans and every other color of the rainbow from around the world.Don’t worry, Mr. Jindal. I and everyone else armed with that thing called common sense will laugh at you EVERYTIME you get read to open your mouth and speak about WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LEAKED TO THE PRESS. By the way, can you PLEASE explain to me how a man as important as YOU somehow has ALL of his speeches leaked before he opens his mouth. I always thought those who are important would draw a crowd to the tv to hear his rants live. You seem to defy that. As a matter of fact, it seems as though you are being ridiculed by your own party.But hey, I only went to a community college and drove a tractor-trailer for eighteen years over the road. What the gosh darn heck would I know, huh?
The conclusion is the same, but one does not need to demean our Constitution with religious tests.
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and appealing to each group with a different tact.But everytime Rmoney & Republicans spewed the racist LIE that Pres. Obama had ENDED or decreased
the Welfare work requirements -
Hispanics were listening and Asians and Whites and Women and Gays……and turned away from the GOP.Not necessarily because they were on Welfare – but because they knew it was a LIE.
Between local networking and gerrymandering the GOP has succeeded in maintaining control of Pennsylvania despite there being close to a million more registered Democrats than Republicans. They have been able to move a lot of ALEC driven legislation through the state house and our congressional delegation is mostly Republican. The drawing of CDs is particularly masterful, and if the state did what Virginia is trying to do (change the way the Electoral College votes) we could end up helping to elect Presidents who don’t get the popular vote.
Jindahl’s proposal also follows a traditional, Republican state’s rights path. We Democrats need to pay attention and gain back some state houses.
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Bobby Jindal to Poor Louisianans: Drop Dead
January 22, 2013
The Louisiana governor eliminates hospice care for Medicaid recipients.
Last week, I wrote on how Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was transforming his state’s tax system, from a mixed collection of corporate, income and sales taxes, to one where corporate and income taxes have been eliminated, and sales taxes are hiked to make up for lost revenue. In other words, Jindal wants to turn Louisiana’s marginally progressive tax structure into a fully regressive one, which places its largest tax burden on its most vulnerable citizens.
If Jindal were also proposing a large expansion of state services, this would make sense. Overall, the progressivity of the tax burden is less important than the level of redistribution. A state with regressive taxes but robust public benefits is better for lower-income people than one with progressive taxes but few benefits.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t describe Jindal’s Louisiana. To wit, he has authorized elimination of the state’s hospice program for Medicaid recipients. According to a local New Orleans news station, Louisiana residents over the age of 21 will stop receiving hospice benefits at the end of the month. As of February, low-income Louisianans with terminal illnesses and disabilities will lose access to long-term home and medical care.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals defends this as a cost-saving measure: Over the next two years, Louisiana will save $8.3 million by ending state-funded hospice care. But that’s a paltry sum compared to the state’s $900 million deficit. And in the same way that raising Medicare eligibility increases costs by moving seniors into more expensive private insurance plans, these cuts will, in the end, place a greater burden on the state, as low-income Louisianans turn to nearby hospitals and ICUs, shifting the burden to localities.
In isolation, it’s a disaster of a plan. When coupled with existing cuts to education and a large tax increase on the bottom 80 percent of Louisiana residents, it’s a catastrophe. Indeed, Jindal seems devoted to engineering a Louisiana that works little for its most vulnerable citizens, and does as much as possible to satisfy the wants of wealthy, entrenched interests.
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Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.© 2013 by The American Prospect
Bobby Jindal
| Bobby Jindal | |
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| Jindal in June 2011 | |
| 55th Governor of Louisiana | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2008 |
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| Lieutenant | |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Blanco |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana‘s 1st district |
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| In office January 3, 2005 – January 14, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | David Vitter |
| Succeeded by | Steve Scalise |
| Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of HHS | |
| In office 2001–2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| President of the University of Louisiana System | |
| In office 1999–2001 |
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| Governor | Murphy Foster |
| Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals | |
| In office 1996–1998 |
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| Governor | Murphy Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Piyush Jindal June 10, 1971 (age 41) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Supriya Jolly |
| Children |
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| Residence | Governor’s Mansion |
| Alma mater | Brown University New College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
Piyush “Bobby” Jindal (born June 10, 1971)[1] is an American politician and the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana.[2] Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to immigrants from India, Jindal studied biology and public policy at Brown University from 1988 to 1991. After receiving his M.Litt in political science from New College, Oxford, he worked in McKinsey & Company and interned for Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana. In 1996, governor Murphy Foster appointed Jindal Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and in 1999 he was appointed president of the University of Louisiana System. In 2001, Jindal was appointed as the principal adviser to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.
He unsuccessfully contested the Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2003 as the Republican Party candidate, but won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2004 election in Louisiana. The first Indian American in Congress, he won reelection in 2006. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2007, after which he handled disaster response to Hurricane Gustav in 2008 and delivered the Republican response to the Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, February 2009. His political positions are generally conservative; he opposes abortion, same-sex marriage, and flag burning, while supporting gun rights, a border fence, and teaching intelligent design. Jindal won a second term as Governor in 2011. A Catholic convert from Hinduism, Jindal has been married to Supriya Jolly since 1997 with whom he has three children.
Early life, education, and business career
Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Amar and Raj Jindal, who came to the United States as immigrants from Punjab, India, six months before he was born.[3] Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988. While in high school, he competed in tennis tournaments, and started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working at the concession stands during LSU football games.[4] Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) at Brown University, guaranteeing him a place in medical school. Jindal completed majors in biology and public policy. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honors in both majors.[4][5]
Jindal was named to the 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He applied to and was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied at New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.Litt. degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994, where the subject of his thesis was “A needs-based approach to health care”.[4] He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil. in politics, instead joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.[6] He then interned in the office of Rep. Jim McCrery of Louisiana, where McCrery assigned him to work on healthcare policy; Jindal spent two weeks studying Medicare to compile an extensive report on possible solutions to Medicare’s financial problems which he presented to McCrery.[7]
As a young convert to Christianity, Jindal wrote several articles about his spiritual journey that were published in the New Oxford Review.[6]
Early political career (1993–2003)
Foster administration
President Barack Obama talks with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, May 2010
In 1993 U.S. Representative Jim McCrery (whom Jindal had worked for as a summer intern) introduced him to Governor Murphy Foster.[8] In 1996 Foster appointed Jindal as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, an agency that represented about 40 percent of the state budget and employed over 12,000 people. Foster called Jindal a genius who has a lot of knowledge of medicine.[9] Jindal was 24 at the time.[10] During his tenure, Louisiana’s Medicaid program went from bankruptcy with a $400 million deficit into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million.[11] Jindal was criticized during the 2007 campaign by the Louisiana AFL-CIO for closing some local clinics to reach that surplus.[12] Under Jindal’s term, Louisiana nationally rose to third place in child healthcare screenings, with child immunizations rising, and introduced new and expanded services for the elderly and the disabled.[13] In 1998, Jindal was appointed executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, a 17-member panel charged with devising plans to reform Medicare. In 1999, at the request of the Louisiana Governor’s Office and the Louisiana State Legislature, Jindal examined how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion share of the tobacco settlement.
At 28 years of age in 1999, Jindal was appointed to become the youngest-ever president of the University of Louisiana System, the nation’s 16th largest system of higher education with over 80,000 students per year.[14]
Bush administration
In March 2001 he was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation.[15] He was later unanimously confirmed by a vote of the United States Senate and began serving on July 9, 2001. In that position, he served as the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.[16] He resigned from that post on February 21, 2003, to return to Louisiana and run for governor.[17] He was assigned to help fight the nurse shortage by examining steps to improve nursing education.[18]
2003 election for governor
Jindal came to national prominence during the 2003 election for Louisiana governor.
In what Louisianans call an “open primary” (but which is technically a nonpartisan blanket primary), Jindal finished first with 33 percent of the vote. He received endorsements from the largest paper in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times-Picayune; the newly elected Democratic mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin; and the outgoing Republican governor, Mike Foster. In the second balloting, Jindal faced the outgoing lieutenant governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette, a Democrat. Despite winning in Blanco’s hometown, he lost many normally conservative parishes in north Louisiana, and Blanco prevailed with 52 percent of the popular vote.
Political analysts have speculated on myriad explanations for his loss. Some have blamed Jindal for his refusal to answer questions targeted at his religion and ethnic background brought up in several Democratic advertisements,[19][20] which the Jindal Campaign called “negative attack ads.” Others note that a significant number of conservative Louisianans remain more comfortable voting for a conservative Democrat, than for a Republican. Despite his losing the election in 2003, the run for governor made Jindal a well-known figure on the state’s political scene and a rising star within the Republican party.
U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2008)
Jindal as a U.S. Congressman
Elections
- 2004
A few weeks after the 2003 gubernatorial runoff, Jindal decided to run for Louisiana’s 1st congressional district. The incumbent, David Vitter, was running for the Senate seat being vacated by John Breaux. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed him in the primary although Mike Rogers, also a Republican, was running for the same seat. The 1st District has been in Republican hands since a 1977 special election and is widely considered to be staunchly conservative.[21] Jindal also had an advantage because his campaign was able to raise over $1 million very early in the campaign, making it harder for other candidates to effectively raise funds to oppose him. He won the 2004 Election with 78 percent of the vote.
- 2006
Jindal won re-election to a second term with 88% of the vote.
Tenure
He was the second Indian American elected to Congress.[22] He has reportedly lived in Kenner,[23] Metairie, and Baton Rouge.[24]
In 2005, Jindal criticized Bush’s budget for not calling enough spending cuts.[25] He warned of the growth of Medicaid saying “Congress may act without them…there seems to be growing momentum that the status quo is not defensible.”[26] Jindal praised Bush’s leadership on social security reform saying “The administration has a lot more work to do to continue educating the American people about the very serious challenges facing Social Security.”[27]
In response to Hurricane Katrina, Jindal stated “If we had been investing resources in restoring our coast, it wouldn’t have prevented the storm, but the barrier islands would have absorbed some of the tidal surge.”[28]
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Homeland Security
- House Committee on Resources
- House Committee on Education and the Workforce
He was made Vice-Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks. Jindal served as President of the incoming Freshman class of congressmen in 2004. He was elected to the position of House Assistant Majority Whip, a senior leadership role; he served in this capacity from 2004 to 2006.[4]
2007 election for governor
On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor.[29] Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, including two prominent Democrats, State Senator Walter Boasso of Chalmette and Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier City, and an independent, New Orleans businessman John Georges.
Jindal finished with 699,672 votes (54 percent). Boasso ran second with 226,364 votes (17 percent). Georges finished with 186,800 (14 percent), and Campbell, who is also a former state senator, ran fourth with 161,425 (12 percent). The remaining candidates collectively polled three percent of the vote. Jindal polled pluralities or majorities in 60 of the state’s 64 parishes (equivalent to counties in other states). He lost narrowly to Georges in Orleans Parish, to Boasso in St. Bernard Parish (which Boasso represented in the Legislature), and in the two neighboring north Louisiana parishes of Red River and Bienville located south of Shreveport, both of which are historically Democratic and supported Campbell. In the 2003 contest with Blanco, Jindal had lost most of the northern parishes.[30] This marked the first time that a non-incumbent candidate for governor was elected without a runoff under the Louisiana election system.[31]
Governor of Louisiana (2008 – present)
First term
As governor-elect Jindal named a new ethics team, with Democratic Shreveport businesswoman Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee, the first woman to have served in the state senate, as the vice chairman of the panel. Jindal assumed the position of governor when he took the oath of office on January 14, 2008. At thirty-six, he became the youngest sitting governor in the United States. He is also Louisiana’s first non-white governor since P. B. S. Pinchback served for thirty-five days during Reconstruction, and the first non-white governor to be elected (Pinchback succeeded to the position of Lieutenant Governor on the death of Oscar Dunn, then to Governor upon the impeachment of Henry Clay Warmoth).[32] Additionally, Jindal became the first Indian American to be elected governor of any state in the United States.[33][34] In 2008, Jindal was ranked one of the nation’s most popular governors with an approval rating of 77%.[35][36]
In a salute to the 2007 LSU Tigers football national championship team during his January 14, 2008 inauguration speech, Jindal stated in part “…They revere our athletes. Go Tigers….”[37]
On May 3, 2008 a special election was held to determine Jindal’s replacement in the 1st Congressional District. Steve Scalise, a state legislator, was elected with 75 percent of the vote over University of New Orleans professor Dr. Gilda Reed.[38]
On June 27, 2008, Louisiana’s Secretary of State confirmed that a recall petition had been filed against Governor Jindal in response to Jindal’s refusal to veto a bill that would more than double the current state legislative pay. During his campaign for Governor, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term.[39][40] Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves.[41] On June 30, 2008, Governor Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort.[42]
The Standard and Poor’s raised Louisiana’s bond rating and credit outlook from stable to positive in 2009. In announcing this change, the organization gave credit to the state’s strong management and “commitment to streamlining its government functions.”[43] Jindal met with President Barack Obama in October 2009 where the governor pushed for increased federal dollars to cover rising Medicaid costs, speeding the construction of hurricane-protection barriers, and financing the proposed Louisiana State University teaching hospital. During a town hall meeting, Obama praised Jindal as a “hard working man who is doing a good job” for the State, and expressed support for the Governor’s overhaul of the State’s educational system in the area of increased charter schools.[44]
Louisiana state government watchdog C.B. Forgotston, former counsel to the House Appropriations Committee who supported Jindal’s election in 2007, has expressed disappointment with the governor in regard to the legislative pay raise and other fiscal issues. Forgotston, said he would grade Jindal an A+ in public relations and a D in fiscal performance in office.[45]
Jindal negotiated an agreement whereby Foster Farms, a private chicken processor, would receive $50 million in taxpayer funds to purchase a chicken processing plant owned by bankrupt Pilgrim’s Pride.[46] Some have argued that there is a conflict of interest in that Pilgrim’s Pride founder Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim contributed $2500 to Jindal’s campaign in 2007.[47] Other contributors to Jindal’s campaign who benefited from economic development spending include Albemarle and Edison Chouest Offshore. Jindal however released a statement saying that this legislation saved over 1,000 jobs, serves as a stimulus to Louisiana’s economy, and had wide bipartisan support.[48]
Hurricane Gustav
Then President George W. Bush and Governor Bobby Jindal greeting EOC employees, during disaster recovery efforts for Hurricane Gustav, September 2008
Jindal oversaw one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history (nearly two million people) in late August 2008 prior to the Louisiana landfall of Hurricane Gustav.[49] He issued mandatory evacuation orders for the state’s coastal areas and activated 3,000 National Guardsman to aid in the exodus. He also ordered the state to purchase generators to provide needed power to hospitals and nursing homes without power. Government officials vacated hospitals and nursing homes and put the poor, the ill, and the elderly on buses and trains out of town. The evacuation was credited as one reason that Gustav only resulted in 16 deaths in the U.S. The state’s successful response to Hurricane Gustav was in stark contrast to the failed hurricane response system for Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Jindal received bipartisan praise for his leadership during Gustav.[50][51] Jindal had been scheduled to address the Republican National Convention, but cancelled his plans to focus on Louisiana’s needs during the storm.[52]
Speculation over vice presidential nomination
Jindal at a John McCain campaign event in Kenner, Louisiana, June 2008
On February 8, 2008, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh mentioned on his syndicated show that Jindal could be a possible choice for the Republican vice presidential nomination in 2008. He said that Jindal might be perceived as an asset to John McCain‘s campaign because he has wide support in the conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party and his youth offsets McCain’s age. If McCain had won the presidency, he would have been the oldest president ever inaugurated to a first term.[53] Heightening the speculation, McCain invited Jindal, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and McCain’s former rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee to meet at McCain’s home in Arizona on May 23, 2008, according to a Republican familiar with the decision; Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty, all of whom were already well acquainted with McCain, declined because of prior commitments.[54] The meeting may have served a different purpose, such as consideration of Jindal for the opportunity to speak at the 2008 Republican National Convention, in a similar fashion to Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, cementing a place for him in the party and opening the gate for a future run for the presidency.[55] Speculation was fueled by simultaneous July 21, 2008, reports that McCain was making a sudden visit to Louisiana to confer again with Jindal and that McCain was readying to name his running mate within a week. However, on July 23, 2008, Jindal said that he would not be the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008.[56] Jindal added that he “never talked to the senator [McCain] about the vice presidency or his thoughts on selecting the vice president.”[56] Ultimately, on August 29, 2008, McCain chose then-Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. While Jindal was given a prime time speech slot at the party convention, he was not offered the keynote speech. During the presidential campaign, Jindal expressed admiration for both Senators McCain and Obama, and maintained that both have made positive contributions to the nation.[57]
Republican response to President Obama’s address to Congress
On February 24, 2009, Jindal delivered the official Republican response to President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. Jindal called the president’s economic stimulus plan “irresponsible” and argued against government intervention.[58] He used Hurricane Katrina to warn against government solutions to the economic crisis. “Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us,” Jindal said. “Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts.” He praised the late sheriff Harry Lee for standing up to the government during Katrina.[59][60] The speech met with biting reviews from some members of both the Democratic and the Republican parties. Referring to Jindal as “devoid of substantive ideas for governing the country”, political commentator Rachel Maddow summarized Jindal’s Katrina remark as follows: “[Jindal states that] since government failed during Hurricane Katrina, we should understand, not that government should not be allowed to fail again, but that government…never works. That government can’t work, and therefore we should stop seeking a functioning government.”[61] David Johnson, a Republican political strategist criticized Jindal’s mention of Hurricane Katrina, stating “The one thing Republicans want to forget is Katrina.”[62] While Jindal’s speech was poorly received by several Democratic and Republican critics, others argued that the speech should be judged on substance rather than delivery style.[63][64] Some conservative commentators were among his harshest critics, with one calling his speech “a disaster for the Republican Party”. CNN political analyst Candy Crowley said that “Politicians often come back from moments such as these…there is a lot of time left for rehabilitation.”[62][65]
Jindal’s story of meeting Lee in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was questioned following the speech, as Jindal was not in New Orleans at the time.[66] On February 27, 2009, a spokesman for Jindal clarified the timing of the meeting, stating that the story took place days after the storm.[67] The opportunity to give the response speech to the then very popular President Obama was compared by some commentators to winning “second prize in a beauty contest,” a reference to the board game Monopoly.[68]
Jindal appointments
Governor Jindal appointed both Democrats and Republicans to prominent state posts. He named outgoing Republican State Senator Gerald Theunissen of Jennings to his education transition advisory council.[69] He retained 23 appointees of former governor Kathleen Blanco. One of Jindal’s first high-profile appointments was former Republican State Senator Robert J. Barham of Morehouse Parish as secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Another term-limited representative, Joseph F. Toomy of Gretna in Jefferson Parish, was named to the five-member New Orleans Port Authority.
Former Republican State Representative Henry “Tank” Powell of Ponchatoula in Tangipahoa Parish (1996–2008) along with former Democratic Sheriff Leonard “Pop” Hataway of Grant Parish (1976–2008) were appointed to the influential Louisiana Board of Pardons. Democrats Sydnie Mae Durand and Chris Ullo were appointed to the state Pharmacy Board and the Crescent City Connection board, respectively. Jindal also re-appointed Democratic Community and Technical College members Michael Murphy of Bogalusa and Stephen Toups of Baton Rouge.[70] Jindal and Speaker Jim Tucker named the Democrat James R. Fannin of Jonesboro as chairman of the critical House Appropriations Committee.[71]
In January of 2009 Jindal appointed Luling resident Ann Taylor[72] to an at-large position on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
Speculations about political future
Jindal had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2012 presidential election. On December 10, 2008, Jindal indicated that he would likely not run for president in 2012, saying he will focus on his re-election in 2011 and that this would make transitioning to a national campaign difficult, though he later attempted to leave himself open to the opportunity to change his mind in the future – he did not rule out a possible 2012 presidential bid.[73] Speculation increased when Republicans chose Jindal to deliver the response to President Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress.[74]
The Jindal for President Draft Council Inc. PAC has been formed to raise funds for a future presidential run. Jindal states that he has no involvement with the PAC.[75]
In April 2010, while speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Jindal ruled out running for President in 2012.[76]
In August 2012, Politico reported that “Bobby Jindal would be considered [for] and would likely take” appointment as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in a potential Romney cabinet.[77]
Jindal was recently featured in Time‘s magazine article titled “2016: Let’s Get The Party Started” where he was listed as a possible Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidency. The article cited his fiscal and social conservative policies and his Indian American background, which would bring diversity to the GOP.[78]
2011 re-election campaign
Jindal ran against four Democrats, a Libertarian and four independents. Jindal received 66% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning election in the first round.[79]
Second term
In August 2011, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) awarded Jindal the Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award for “outstanding public service”[80]
On October 25, 2011, in preparing for his second term, Jindal tapped Republican State Representative Chuck Kleckley of Lake Charles[81] and State Senator John Alario of Westwego as his choices for Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana Senate President, respectively. Lawmakers routinely approved the governor’s choices for the two leadership positions. Alario is a long-term Democrat who switched parties prior to the 2011 elections.[82]
Ultimately, only one of the thirty-nine senators, freshman Republican Barrow Peacock of Shreveport, voted against the Alario selection.[83] Jindal had supported Peacock’s intraparty rival for the Senate, term-limited State Representative Jane H. Smith of Bossier City in the general election held on Novembver 19, 2011.[84] The governor subsequently appointed Smith as deputy secretary of the Louisiana Revenue Department.[85]
Upset by education reforms championed by Jindal, a group of teachers has initiated a recall petition.[86][87] The board of directors of the Louisiana Association of Educators unanimously voted to support the recall on June 7, 2012.[88] This is the sixth attempt to recall Jindal. None of the prior petitions received enough signatures to force a recall election.[87]
In 2012, Jindal at first supported his gubernatorial colleague, Rick Perry of Texas. Thereafter, he traveled across the country in support of the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket. Because Louisiana and other Deep South states voted heavily for the GOP, Jindal could hence devote his campaign time elsewhere. After the defeat of Romney-Ryan, Jindal called for his party to return to “the basics, ,,, If we want people to like us , we have to live them first,” he said on the interview program Fox News Sunday.[89]
As the incoming president of the Republican Governors Association, which will have thirty members in 2013, Jindal questioned Romney for having criticized President Obama as having provided “extraordinary financial gifts from the government”.[89]In reply to Romney, Jindal said, “You don’t start to like people by insulting them and saying their votes were bought.”[89] Jindal said that his party must convince a majority of voters that it supports the middle class and the principle of upward mobility. He also criticized what he termed “stupid” remarks regarding rape and conception made in 2012 by defeated Republican U.S. Senate nominees Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana.[89]
Positions
Abortion and stem cell research
Jindal has a 100% pro-life voting record according to the National Right to Life Committee.[90] He opposes all abortions without exception, but does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that indirectly result in the loss of the unborn child.[91][92][93][94][95] In 2003, Jindal stated that he does not object to the use of emergency contraception in the case of rape if the victim requests it.[92] While in the House of Representatives, he supported two bills to prohibit transporting minors across state lines to obtain an abortion; the bills aimed to prevent doctors and others from helping a minor avoid parental notification laws in their home state by procuring an abortion in another state.[90] He opposes and has voted against expanding public funding of embryonic stem cell research.[90][96]
Same-sex marriage
Jindal opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage. He has voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment to restrict marriage to a union between one man and one woman.[97] In December 2008, Jindal announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family,[98]
Government ethics and corruption
He has vetoed state legislation to increase pay for state legislators.[99][100] However, the Louisiana Governor’s office has been ranked last for transparency in the United States both prior to Jindal’s election and since, as reported by the WDSU I-Team. Some legislators attribute the current ranking to legislation removing the governor’s records from the public domain. State Representatives Walker Hines and Neil Abramson say the legislation was surreptitiously inserted as a last-minute amendment into an education bill by Jindal’s office on the last day of the 2008 session, providing no time to properly review it before it passed the legislature and was signed into law by Jindal.[101]
Gun rights
Jindal has stated his support of the Second Amendment‘s right to bear arms. He has opposed efforts to restrict gun rights and has received an endorsement from the National Rifle Association.[102] Jindal earned an A rating from Gun Owners of America[103] while he was in Congress.
As a Congressman, he sponsored Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 with Sen. Vitter.
Tax policy
As a private citizen, Jindal voted in 2002 for the Louisiana constitutional amendment known as the Stelly Plan[104] which lowered some sales taxes in exchange for higher income taxes. Since taking office, Governor Jindal has cut taxes a total of six times, including the largest income tax cut in Louisiana’s history – a cut of $1.1 billion over five years, along with accelerating the elimination of the tax on business investments.[105] In January 2013, Jindal stated he wants to eliminate all Louisiana corporate and personal income taxes, without giving details for his proposal.[106]
Education
Jindal has proposed budgets that impose cuts on higher education funding in Louisiana, leading to protests from students and education advocates.[107] Jindal has created controversial education reform proposals that have drawn opponents from all party affiliates. Jindal’s proposed education reforms include vouchers for low income students in public schools to attend private schools using Minimum Foundation Program funds.[108] The legislation also includes controversial changes in teacher evaluations, tenure and pensions. Hundreds of teachers, administrators and public education supporters have protested against the legislation at the capital of Louisiana.[109] Teachers opposed to the proposed reforms have canceled classes to attend protests and have begun circulating petitions to recall Jindal and Republican House Speaker Chuck Kleckley.[110] In April 2012, a Louisiana Public Broadcasting program examined possible conflicts between aspects of the Jindal education reform plan and the federal desegregation orders still in place in many parts of Louisiana .[111]
Civil liberties
Gov. Bobby Jindal signs a Five-Star Statement of Support for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at Camp Beauregard on October 14. The document signing was an opportunity to join employers from across the country in supporting Soldiers, October 2008
Jindal opposes the Fairness Doctrine on the grounds that it is a violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of free speech and vowed protection of property rights. Jindal voted to extend the PATRIOT Act, voted in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, supported a constitutional amendment banning flag burning,[112] and voted for the Real ID Act of 2005.[113] In the 2009 legislative session, Jindal expressed support for a bill by State Representative James H. “Jim” Morris of Oil City, which would permit motorcyclists to choose whether or not to wear a helmet. Morris’ bill easily passed the House but was blocked in the Senate Health Committee.[114]
Illegal immigration
As a son of immigrants, Jindal has stated that legal immigration brings many benefits to the United States. He has, however, criticized illegal immigration as a drain on the economy, as well as being unfair to those who entered the country by legal means. He has voted to build a fence along the Mexican border and opposes granting amnesty for illegal aliens.[100][115]
Health care
Jindal supports increased health insurance portability, laws promoting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions, a cap on malpractice lawsuits, an easing of restrictions on importation of prescription medications, the implementation of a streamlined electronic medical records system, an emphasis on preventative care rather than emergency room care, and tax benefits aimed at making health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access. Since Governor Jindal has taken office, over 11,000 uninsured children have been added to the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. He opposes a federal government-run, single-payer system, but supports state efforts to reduce the uninsured population.[116] He has also supported expanding services for autistic children, and has promoted a national childhood cancer database.[100] In collaboration with Health Secretary Alan Levine, Governor Jindal has drafted the Louisiana Health First Initiative. This plan focuses on expanding health insurance coverage for the state’s indigent population, increasing Medicaid choice, reducing fraud, authorizing funding of a new charity hospital, and increasing transparency in Medicaid by making performance measures available over the internet.[117] Jindal supports co-payments in Medicaid.[118] Due to a congressional reduction in federal Medicaid financing rates, the Jindal administration chose to levy the largest slice of cuts on the network of LSU charity hospitals and clinics, requiring some facilities to close.[119]
Environmental issues and offshore drilling
Governor Bobby Jindal talks to residents of Krotz Springs, LA, during the 2011 flooding of the Mississippi River
Governor Jindal has issued an executive order increasing office recycling programs, reducing solid waste and promoting paperless practices, offering tax credit for hybrid fuel vehicles, increasing average fuel economy goals by 2010, as well as increasing energy efficiency goals and standards for the state.[120] He has stated his opposition to and voted for the criminalization of oil cartels such as OPEC. As a representative in the House, he supported a $300 million bill to fund Louisiana coastal restoration. In addition, he was the chief sponsor of successful legislation to expand the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park by over 3,000 acres (12 km2).[100][121] Jindal has pledged state support for the development of economically friendly cars in northeastern Louisiana in conjunction with alternative energy advocate T. Boone Pickens.[122] Jindal voted to censure a website which promoted the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
Earmarks
In 2007, Jindal led the Louisiana House delegation and ranked 14th among House members in requested earmark funding at nearly $97 million (however in over 99% of these requests, Jindal was a co-sponsor and not the primary initiator of the earmark legislation).[123][124] $5 million of Jindal’s earmark requests were for state defense and indigent healthcare related expenditures, another $50 million was for increasing the safety of Louisiana’s waterways and levees after breaches following Hurricane Katrina, and the remainder was targeted towards coastal restoration and alternative energy research.[125][126] As Governor in 2008, Jindal used his line item veto to strike $16 million in earmarks from the state budget but declined to veto $30 million in legislator-added spending. Jindal vetoed over 250 earmarks in the 2008 state budget, twice the total number of such vetoes by previous governors in the preceding 12 years.[127]
Evolution
Jindal signed a law that permits teachers at public schools to supplement standard evolutionary curricula with analysis and critiques that may include intelligent design.[128] The law forbids “the promotion of any religious doctrine and will not discriminate against religion or non-religion.” Louisiana ACLU Director Marjorie Esman says that if the act is utilized as written, it is on firm constitutional footing, but there is strong potential for abuse,[129] stating that the Act is “susceptible to a constitutional challenge.”[130] Despite calls for a veto from groups such as National Review, and some of Jindal’s genetics professors at Brown University,[131] Jindal signed the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act which passed with a vote of 94–3 in the State House and 35-0 in the State Senate in 2008. As a result of this, the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology rejected New Orleans as a site for their 2010 meeting and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will not conduct future meetings in Louisiana.[132][133]
Opposition to Recovery Act
Jindal has been an opponent to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on the basis that it is not accompanied by revenue increases and that it will further exacerbate the burgeoning national debt. Citing concerns that the augmentation of unemployment insurance may obligate the state to raise taxes on businesses, Jindal had indicated his intention to forgo federal stimulus plan funds ($98 million) aimed at increasing unemployment insurance for Louisiana.[134] Louisiana has since been obligated to raise taxes on businesses because the unemployment trust fund had dropped below the prescribed threshold.[135] Louisiana was set to receive about $3.8 billion overall. Jindal intends to accept at least $2.4 billion from the stimulus package.[136] He called parts of the plan “irresponsible”, saying that “the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians.”[137]
Personal life
Jindal was raised in a Hindu household, but he converted to Christianity while in Baton Rouge Magnet High School. During his first year at Brown University, he was received into the Catholic Church. His family attends weekly Mass at Saint Aloysius Parish in Baton Rouge.[32]
Bobby and Supriya Jolly Jindal meet with then-President George W. Bush.
Jindal’s father, Amar Jindal, received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Guru Nanak Dev University.[138][139] Jindal’s mother, Raj (Pal) Jindal,[138] is an information technology director for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) and served as Assistant Secretary to former State Labor Secretary Garey Forster during the administration of Governor Murphy J. “Mike” Foster, Jr.[140] Prior to immigrating to the United States, both his parents were lecturers at an Indian engineering college.[141] According to Jindal, his mother was already four months pregnant with him when they arrived from India.[142] Jindal has a younger brother, Nikesh, who is a registered Republican and supported his brother’s campaign for Governor.[143][144] Nikesh went to Dartmouth College, where he graduated with honors, and then Yale Law School. Nikesh is now a lawyer in Washington, D.C.[139]
Jindal’s nickname dates to his childhood identification with a sitcom character. He has said, “Every day after school, I’d come home and I’d watch The Brady Bunch. And I identified with Bobby, you know? He was about my age, and ‘Bobby’ stuck.”[145] He has been known by his nickname ever since, though his legal name remains Piyush Jindal.[146]
In 1997, Jindal married Supriya Jolly who was born in New Delhi, India and moved to Baton Rouge with her parents when she was four years old.[147] They attended the same high school, but Supriya’s family moved from Baton Rouge to New Orleans after her freshman year and they did not begin dating until later, when Jindal invited her to a Mardi Gras party after another friend had canceled. Supriya Jindal earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. degree from Tulane University.[148] She is working on a PhD in marketing at Louisiana State University.[149] She created The Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana’s Children, a non-profit organization aimed at improving math and science education in grade schools.[150] They have three children: Selia Elizabeth, Shaan Robert, and Slade Ryan. Shaan was born with a congenital heart defect and had surgery as an infant. The Jindals have been outspoken advocates for children with congenital defects, particularly those without insurance. In 2006, Jindal and his wife delivered their third child at home. Barely able to call 911 before the delivery, Jindal received medical coaching by phone to deliver their eight-pound, 2.5-ounce boy.[151]
Writings
A list of Jindal’s published writings up to 2001 can be found in the hearing report for his 2001 U.S. Senate confirmation.[152] They include newspaper columns, law review articles, and first authorships in several scientific and policy articles that have appeared in the prominent Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Association, and Hospital Outlook.[153]
Jindal’s pre-2001 writings include several articles in the New Oxford Review, one of which later made news during his 2003 gubernatorial race.[154] In that 1994 article titled “Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare”, Jindal described the events leading up to an apparent exorcism of a friend and how he felt unable to help her at the time. However, Jindal questioned whether what he saw was actually an example of “spiritual warfare”.[155]
In November 2010, Jindal published the book Leadership and Crisis, a semi-autobiography significantly influenced by the Governor’s experiences with the most recent Gulf Oil Spill.
Electoral history
- Governor of Louisiana, 2003
- Threshold > 50%
- First Ballot, October 4, 2003
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 443,389 (33%) | Runoff |
| Kathleen Blanco | Democratic | 250,136 (18%) | Runoff |
| Richard Ieyoub | Democratic | 223,513 (16%) | Defeated |
| Claude “Buddy” Leach | Democratic | 187,872 (14%) | Defeated |
| Others | n.a. | 257,614 (19%) | Defeated |
- Second Ballot, November 15, 2003
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Blanco | Democratic | 731,358 (52%) | Elected |
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 676,484 (48%) | Defeated |
- U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District, 2004
- Threshold > 50%
- First Ballot, November 2, 2004
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 225,708 (78%) | Elected |
| Roy Armstrong | Democratic | 19,266 (7%) | Defeated |
| Others | n.a. | 42,923 (15%) | Defeated |
- U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District, 2006
- Threshold > 50%
- First Ballot, November 7, 2006
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 130,508 (88%) | Elected |
| David Gereighty | Democratic | 10,919 (7%) | Defeated |
| Others | n.a. | 6,701 (5%) | Defeated |
- Governor of Louisiana, 2007
- Threshold > 50%
- First Ballot, October 20, 2007
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 699,672 (54%) | Elected |
| Walter Boasso | Democratic | 226,364 (17%) | Defeated |
| John Georges | Independent | 186,800 (14%) | Defeated |
| Foster Campbell | Democratic | 161,425 (12%) | Defeated |
| Others | n.a. | 23,682 (3%) | Defeated |
- Governor of Louisiana, 2011
- Threshold > 50%
- First Ballot, October 22, 2011
| Candidate | Affiliation | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 672,950 (66%) | Elected |
| Tara Hollis | Democratic | 182,755 (18%) | Defeated |
| Cary J. Deaton | Democratic | 49,988 (5%) | Defeated |
| Ivo “Trey” Roberts | Democratic | 33,194 (3%) | Defeated |
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KhadijahbintMuhammad
Wed, 2013-01-23 07:53
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“A state with regressive taxes but robust public benefits is better for lower-income people than one with progressive taxes but few benefits.”
Obviously. But that’s not what’s under debate, really.
Jindal, like the rest of the fiscally conservative governors, realize that a JOB is of far more financial value to an individual than a dole. Or, put another way, the total received value of all entitled doles never adds up to the total received value of even a low-wage job. If it does, your society quickly goes into a tailspin and you have to readjust (if you doubt that, do a little research on how Sweden has pulled back on tax rates and beneifts over the last forty years.)
In the states, reality bites hard. There are no language or major cultural barriers between moving from California to Texas, so it happens not infrequently as the taxation AND job opportunity systems benefit the latter. Louisiana, additionally hampered by a state income tax system which has a loophole for every business that would donate to or drink with Edwin Edwards and his famously corrupt predecessors.
Bobby wants part of the Texas in-migration of business before he becomes President. To get that, he needs to reform what is likely the worst tax code in the nation (sales, property, income) which is famous for unfair set-asides. To do that, you create a backbone structure you can then adapt to future needs.
Let him do so without the armchair quarterbacking. And, to address your crocodile tears about the “poor”, keep in mind that a HUGE proportion of the out-migration of low-income people after Katrina STAYED IN TEXAS, because the quality of life there for them (including services) was better than in Louisiana.,
jrljr7
Wed, 2013-01-23 08:07
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Why don’t liberals recognize that ALL taxes are regressive, if not as obvious? The only difference, as usual, is that this author believes taxation for govt redistribution – highly inefficient – while conservatives know a better economic climate will encourage growth and employment, reduced cost of living and the need for inefficient redistribution.
strainseur
Wed, 2013-01-23 08:16
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“Home hospice care usually costs less than care in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutional settings. This is because less high-cost technology is used and family and friends provide most of the care at home.” –American Cancer Society
It seems to me that cutting spending on hospice care may be counterproductive.
Steph76711
Wed, 2013-01-23 09:40
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By the moronic logic being expressed in these comments, you would expect the South to be the most prosperous region in the country, since no other region of the country has a “better” economic climate. The South was the poorest part of the country 150 years ago; after 150 years of generally benighted conservative dominance it is STILL the poorest part of the country; and it will probably still be the poorest part of the country in 2163. If they keep electing conservatives, there’s no doubt of it.
rrdrrd
Wed, 2013-01-23 12:26
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The low information/slow thought process limitations of the American political left strike again – in this article and especially in this post. First, note that the South was the Solid South for DEMOCRATS during most of those 150 years, with Republicans coming to the forefront only in the last 20-30 and an uphill battle on their hands to overcome the situation that had developed under generations of monolithic Democrat control.
And they have succeeded. Steph, I know this is going to confuse you and be extremely hard for you to understand but things have changed in the South since the 60′s. Everything has not stood still since the heyday of the American left. Racism is now most predominant in the northern cities (you know, the ones run by Democrat machine politics – go ahead an look up the most segregated places in America; they are not in the South. You will also find their is a steady migration of Blacks back to the South for better opportunities and better treatment – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/nyregion/many-black-new-yorkers-are-mo… )
As for poverty – wake up, the South is where the jobs are and the cost of living is cheaper. For decades, the leftist bureaucrats of the Federal government have tried to mislead people about the real nature of poverty in this country. Too many blue states needed to look superior to the allegedly poor South in order to contunue their failed experiments in welfare. However, even bureaucracy has to face reality eventually and they changed from the archaic “poverty threshold” (which was the same everywhere, regardless of cost of living) and developed the Supplemental Poverty Measure – something that much more accurately demonstrates financial reality.
So what parts of the country are really POOR! It is not the South, it is not the Midwest. Oh no, fly-over country is doing fine. This sick beasts are on the coasts with the number 1 highest rate of real poverty belonging directly to the ultra-blue state of California with a whopping 23.5% of its population living in dire straights (http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p60-244.pdf). Who is next? Who else but the most wildly Democrat driven place in America, the District of Columbia (at 23.2)! Of course, we should have known this already because they also lead the nation in welfare recipients per capita (
Where does Bobby Jindal’s state stand in terms of poverty??? A little above the national average (17 percent versus 15.8) but that still means that CA and DC have about 35% more per folks per capita than the poor downtrodden souls of LA. Texas and Mississippi are both doing better than LA that with decrepit Missisiippi actual right at the national average. Who else is doing well – both Carolinas, Tennesee, West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama are all well below the national average.
Steph, you probably should not use the term “moronic” without looking in a mirror.
ThinkingDem
Thu, 2013-01-24 11:11
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There’s that “Democrat controlled South” canard again. The truth is, the ruling political ideology under today’s Southern Republicans is the very same ideology (and has included some of the same politicians and voters) as the old Southern Democrats, who in 1948 ran Strom Thurmond for President under the label Dixiecrat. The national Democratic party (national meaning non-Southern) rebuilt itself with workers, some farmers, immigrants of non-Anglo-Saxon-Puritan culture, etc. after the Civil War, to fight for the economic and cultural rights of lower and middle income non-WASP voters. In the South, they had to put up with the old guard (after Reconstruction was ended too early) in order to be a viable party, and the Southern “Dixiecrats” had an uneasy alliance with national Democrats, in order to get federal funds to recover economically; they agreed not to talk about racism (see Huey Long) in order to avoid a breakup and get federal pork projects (TVA, Oak Ridge, military bases, etc.). The racists hated Eleanor, but needed Franklin and his programs.
When Truman desegregated the Armed Forces in 1948, the Dixiecrats tried to revolt, but they were not economically strong enough to do so until after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Then began the long transition by which Dixiecrats became Republicans, and TRUE Democrats remained in the party of Jefferson. And all that experience with non-WASP voting blocs gave us an empathy toward the downtrodden, rather than a desire to trod them down some more, as Bobby Jindal and others propose.
However, the new GOP is worse than the old Democratic party in several ways, most notably in that, rather than allow both religious/cultural conservatives and economic-only conservatives to hold power in their own regions, they have allowed the poison of racism to rule their entire national party as well as the Southern branches.
Historically, the Dixiecrat-turned-Republican states have all (except for Texas, which is just so darn BIG its economy is better than the rest) had to accept MORE help from the feds than they send into Washington in taxes, while the “blue” states pay more in taxes than they receive (or NEED to receive) in federal benefits. Further, the “blue” states as a rule can help more of their poor before they need federal funds, because they have the prosperity to be taxed and the progressive attitudes to do so.
So, let the “red” states secede, it will be better for the budget of the new USA without them. Just wait till I can move to a blue state before a passport would be needed, then secede. The average IQ of Americans will improve also.
moderateGuy
Wed, 2013-01-23 11:30
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I know facts, reason, rationality does not matter to someone like Bouie, but, a recent study done by economist Jens Arnold for OECD (you know the club of those countries that provide best prospects for their citizens) suggests that the corporate income tax was the most harmful to economic growth, followed by the personal income tax, while taxes on consumption and property had the least impact on an economy.
Even fithere a study by Arnold and four other economists using OECD data estimated that every one percent shift in tax revenues away from income taxes towards other levies produced an additional one-quarter to one percentage point gain in economic growth, you know the thing that provides, whatchamacallem, jobs.
And as far back as 50 years ago Harvard Professor Stanley Surrey, JFK’s assistant treasury secretary for tax policy, did a study that suggested that spending through the tax code on social goals was less effective than direct government expenditures, expenditures that could actually be raised if your economy grows faster.
OK, this brief window on reality closes, back to your fantasy world, Bouie.
thesafesurfer
Wed, 2013-01-23 11:44
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Obama said we need “bold, persistent experimentation.” It seems that not all experimentation is allowed. We can experiment greatly increasing spending, greatly raising taxes, greatly expanding the size of the federal government, and greatly growing the scope of federal power over the most intimate relationships in our lives.
We can’t experiment reducing taxes, reducing spending, reducing the size of government, and reducing the intrusion of government into our perosnal lives.
So the talk about experimentation is just a bald-faced lie in the end. This is the face of statism.
ThinkingDem
Thu, 2013-01-24 11:15
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We did that “experiment” during the Reagan/Bush and then the W. Bush years. The result was increasing relative poverty for poor and middle class citizens, while a new Gilded Age created bigger billionaires than ever, climaxed by the Great Recession (like 1921 to 1929). If you were fortunate enough to be in the top one percent, or fortunate enough not to have lost your job and home YET, you may not have felt the pain.
And Republicans do not mind intrusive government to make sure that you follow the religious preferences of your employer and politicians (in preference to those of your OWN religion). Remember Governor Ultrasound?
LillithMc
Wed, 2013-01-23 11:52
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Instead of “drop dead” it is more like “please disappear”. We don’t want your suffering to hurt business. The two themes of US politics are the split between having social programs and using a business matrix that ignores social needs. Supposedly only those paying taxes count as in only white men owning property can vote. Except even when white men had the vote, wealthy white men had court-ordered responsibility for those who needed shelter and work. Perhaps it was slave labor, but never did we totally ignore social need. Time to to get real and stop the red state posturing. Or perhaps we will divide ourselves by moving to either red or blue states. Right now the blue states pay more to the red states.
michael0421
Wed, 2013-01-23 12:34
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This is one more tired, platitude-poisoned article lamenting “the most vulnerable” (a euphemism for ‘welfare careerist’) is going to have something not given to them any longer which they have not earned. That day of reckoning is here Mr. Bouie. And it’s never going back to FDR era wealth transfer again. The wealthy have sacrificed enough. It’s time for people who have not managed their personal lives and finance to become accountable.
ng2951
Wed, 2013-01-23 14:49
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No such thing as a progressive tax. As for redistribution if it worked people on welfare would not be in poverty. Malcom X warned against taking this kind of charity as it would make you dependent on the government and destroy your character.
If the regressive tax attracts more business, which the indications are it will, then the creation of jobs that go with them will do more for the poor than all the government programs. That is why liberals are scared of them.
People on welfare wait for checks. They live in poor housing, have poor prospects, never have an opportunity for improvement. The libs are lucky they sell their sell votes so cheaply.
The poor should ask the lib patrons, “where’s my house? where’s my car? when do I get to spend a week at Disney or the like? Why are you flying to Hawaii, Martha’s Vineyards, Las Vegas on my dime? Why do you get medical treatment in the best hospitals when I have to sit in a broken down one?”
If they would listen to conservatives they would get their job. In a few years they would have their house and nice car. A year or so after that they would take their whole family on vacations to wherever they chose. They would retire one day and watch there children enjoy the same successes they did.
That is what the “Jindahls” want for them.
Or they can do what they have done for over 50 years and get the same thing they have for that time.