Slides on Issues for Statewide Assembly
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The document outlines critical issues in Louisiana, highlighting significant cuts to higher education, deteriorating transportation infrastructure, and substantial budget deficits projected from 2015 to 2018. It also addresses health challenges faced by the state, ranking high in cancer and obesity rates, and discusses the impact of Medicaid expansion on uninsured residents. The document calls on gubernatorial candidates to provide specific plans to tackle these issues during a statewide assembly.
Slides on Issues for Statewide Assembly
- 1. Statewide Assembly with Gubernatorial Candidates November 13th, 2015
- 2. Change in state, higher ed spending per student, 2008 to 2015Higher Education Largest cuts in the nation. Since 2008, $4,941 per student in cuts.
- 3. Higher Education Same period: Incomes declined by $3,000 Tuition increased $2,939 per student since 2008 – 67.2% Percent change in higher ed tuition, 2008 to 2015
- 4. • 62% of roads in poor or mediocre condition • 29% of bridges structurally deficient or obsolete • $12 billion in transportation projects • $575 million in transportation trust fund Transportation & Infrastructure
- 5. Projected budget deficits 2015-16: $1.6 billion 2016-17: $1.6 billion 2017-18: $2 billion How did we get here? Our Budget
- 6. 6Source: Legislative Fiscal Office historical data and latest REC forecasts of January 2015 FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 Total TLF 4,615. 4,923. 4,842. 5,413. 5,606. 6,101. 6,390. 6,701 6,839 6,793 7,242 8,064 7,968 7,904 8,315 9,219 10,028 11,688 12,055 11,155 8,919. 9,563. 9,939. 10,233 10,300 10,391 10,534 10,877 11,222 11,634 Pre-Storm Path 4,616 4,833 5,062 5,301 5,551 5,813 6,087 6,375 6,675 6,991 7,321 7,666 8,028 8,407 8,804 9,219 9,526 9,833 10,140 10,447 10,754 11,061 11,368 11,675 11,982 12,289 12,596 12,903 13,209 13,516 - 2,000.0 4,000.0 6,000.0 8,000.0 10,000.0 12,000.0 14,000.0 16,000.0 Total State Tax Receipts (REC-based) Pre-storm trend FY06, Storm Year Katrina/Rita FY08 Post-Storm Peak FY10 Trough, Post-Storm, Great Recession, Energy Price Drops, Tax Cuts Post-Storm and Great Recession Recovery Forecast Trend FY12 FY11 FY15 - FY19 Forecasts as of 1/26/15 REC FY90 - FY05, 4.7% annual growth average FY10 - FY19, 3.0% annual growth average FY13 Actual growth Forecast Growth 7.2% 3.9% 3.0% 0.7% 0.9% 1.4% 3.3% 3.2% 3.7% Pre-Storm Path FY14 #1) We lost nearly a billion with cuts to Stelly Plan. #2) We give away $1.1 billion per year in industry tax exemptions.
- 7. How will you address our state’s structural budget deficit? (Be specific.) Time limit: 90 seconds per candidate
- 8. Our Health Louisiana ranks: •2nd highest in cancer •2nd highest in obesity •2nd highest in overall poor health outcomes •3rd highest in premature death •4th highest in diabetes
- 9. 785,105 of our people don’t have health insurance. (64,635 are kids) Our Health 8 times
- 10. Medicaid Expansion would provide health insurance to 400,000 Louisiana residents. (4 Tiger Stadiums)
- 11. 1.3 million Louisiana residents have low access to grocery stores. Sources: USDA data fro 2014 and The Reinvestment Fund 2014. Louisiana is 3rd in the nation in difficulty accessing healthy food. RED = Worse! ORANGE = Low Access
- 12. to attract grocery stores to low-access neighborhoods But… no funding! 2009 Healthy Food Retail Act
- 13. Our Health: Question How will you address healthcare access in our state? • Will you visit the fresh food financing initiative with us in New Orleans during your first year in office? • Will you accept Medicaid expansion and on what terms? • Time limit: 90 seconds for each candidate.
- 14. •21% below the poverty line •40% in or near poverty •77% of fast food workers on public assistance •police officers in Tallulah qualify for food stamps Our People: Work and wages
- 15. Worker productivity increase: 35% The Big Disconnect: 1979 - 2012
- 16. Our People: Work and wages •How will you prioritize issues facing low-wage workers in our State? •Will you visit NOVA, the workforce intermediary in Monroe and northeast Louisiana, with us during your first year in office? • Time limit: 90 seconds for each candidate.
- 17. If elected, will you meet with Together Louisiana at least twice per year to address these and other issues? Our Relationship