Comments on: Investing in America

By: admin

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:08:18 +0000

Laurence: Thanks for your kind words. It costs a lot less to incarcerate or rehab people than it does to educate people properly from the beginning. We seem to find money for jails but to higher ed. I’m for investing in people. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Dayne

By: admin

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:05:16 +0000

Brooks: I’ve looked at the numbers. I think we lose 12 million per dollar below $85 a barrel or thereabouts. Not good. And we were already hand-to-mouth as a State. The bigger problem is a lack of leadership by Jindal to make adjustments. Likewise, we have gifted these oil companies with corporate welfare and other tax exemptions that are hurting us already. They will go under–not BP but the feeders and suppliers of the oil and gas industry–in a daisy chain of failure if it keeps going down. And it appears to be headed down. I ead this article today: “Saudi prince: $100-a-barrel oil ‘never’ again” – http://www.clarionledger.com/story/money/columnist/bartiromo/2015/01/11/bartiromo-saudi-prince-alwaleed-oil-100-barrel/21484911/

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Dayne

By: Brooks Ellwood

Brooks Ellwood — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:23:10 +0000

Dayne, have you looked into the impact on Louisiana Higher Education that will soon be felt by the price of oil, currently at $46.39 and still falling?

By: Laurence Bellinger

Laurence Bellinger — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:24:43 +0000

Perfect read, i had a great reply but my damn computer erased all that hard work i had done typing…so to be short, i fully agree with you…this intiative involves investing in self, which inturn increases self love and wealth, which then means better people to invest in America…some folks probably feel like this is their time to now feel as if they can capture that American dream….yet people slanders the President for this, and I’m like “how could you???” it’s a good move all around the board with reasonable expectations that even the so-called “less smarter” ones could attain to the standards…people are complaining about tax dollars wasted on this yet back up the reasons to go to war, while ignoring the costs of that….we could end world hunger alone and educate a nation that would be mightier, because for once the gov’t invested into the people…oh, also they defend public officials and enforcers of policies who abuse and exploit our tax dollars…yet they are mad about someone getting a free education off their tax dollars…doesn’t make sense the priorities of the people….I live in lousiana myself and am aware of our issues when it comes to our legislature, which is outright attrocious….this governor here has proven to not be a vested vessel for the people he represents….it’s time for a change…we can be the first generation to do so and build a mightier nation…but we allow our biases to sometimes hold us back….archaic mentalities, analog idealogies in a digital world…we need to wake up…

thanks for the great read sir, what you have written is of value to me and other like minded fellows…just wish more could be more open-minded….not necessarily to change, which is inevitable…but to truth!!!

peace!!!