I suppose they wear Joe Boxers - Jana
One of the things I miss from New Orleans and Louisiana is the ability of our legislators to turn a phrase. To illustrate, I give you this:
"In a special session designed to focus on the state's recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Legislature gave its single biggest tax break to an industry that was relatively unaffected by the storms....The original bill reduced the state sales tax that all businesses pay on all utilities from 3.8 percent to 3.3 percent...[b]ut a change pushed by north Louisiana lawmakers...eliminates the entire state sales tax on all electricity used by mills and also eliminates sales tax on natural gas at costs above a certain price." (New Orleans Times-Picayune 11/23/05)
LA State Rep. Troy Hebert D-Jenerette vainly urging the house not approve this measure, held up a manure rake and said, "All of you are lined up to protect an industry that didn't have anything to do with this storm. What a message to send: We cut education. We cut health care. We gave a single industry that has nothing to do with this disaster another $8 million. "
Perhaps sensing that drastic measures would need to be taken to avoid passage of the bill, he went on to say: "Just reach down in your Fruit of the Looms and find something."
-Jana
"In a special session designed to focus on the state's recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Legislature gave its single biggest tax break to an industry that was relatively unaffected by the storms....The original bill reduced the state sales tax that all businesses pay on all utilities from 3.8 percent to 3.3 percent...[b]ut a change pushed by north Louisiana lawmakers...eliminates the entire state sales tax on all electricity used by mills and also eliminates sales tax on natural gas at costs above a certain price." (New Orleans Times-Picayune 11/23/05)
LA State Rep. Troy Hebert D-Jenerette vainly urging the house not approve this measure, held up a manure rake and said, "All of you are lined up to protect an industry that didn't have anything to do with this storm. What a message to send: We cut education. We cut health care. We gave a single industry that has nothing to do with this disaster another $8 million. "
Perhaps sensing that drastic measures would need to be taken to avoid passage of the bill, he went on to say: "Just reach down in your Fruit of the Looms and find something."
-Jana