Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and his legislative allies said if they could pick more from our pockets, this wouldn’t happen. And because of his decision to expand Medicaid, it only will get worse.At the end of last month, Edwards’ commissioner of administration, Jay Dardenne, delivered the bad news that Louisiana found its budget from last year $313 million out of whack. That came despite a big tax increase, including higher levies on alcohol and tobacco purchases, hikes on car rentals, and making permanent a communications tax commencing Apr. 1 that the administration had said, along with spending cuts, would balance the fiscal year ending Jun. 30.Instead, the flummoxed Dardenne, much like a student discovering he had failed his basic economics exam, reported the taxes did not bring in as much as anticipated — despite the fact that crude oil prices had rebounded in that period almost a third, giving relief …
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Jeff Sadow: Medicaid expansion busting the budget – The Advocate