Just the Worst Economy
What can Louisiana do?
If there is one thing that us Louisiana residents know about living in our state, it’s how to make due with what we (barely)got. Nothing new here, but a recent report from Wallet Hub flat out listed us as having the worst economy in the country. Across the checklist, we’re low on each calculation. Least high tech jobs. Lowest GDP. Highest exports. ETC. To a community that has faced great odds and stared them down with satire and good spirits, what are the long term effects on our collective health of a bad economy? What can we do to fix our financial predicament and well being?
Following the Great Recession that started in 2008, we’ve all been struggling under the bailout of those who didn’t deserve one, clinging on to the scraps of trickle down math in its wake. It ain’t fair — we feel it and they know it. Question: Do we wait for the right thing to happen or demand immediate, forceful, works program style action?
We at Big Easy Magazine posted to our facebook page a link to the WWLTV version of the above story (as seen below).
Tagged in the post was universal basic income advocate Scott Santens, who kindly left an insightful response:
Leverage. I love this word. But how and where can we put on pressure from these resources to make change? To make us some scratch? To better our environment?
Creating activist groups that use creative methods to implore representatives to vote forward is one way. Or just straight up getting vocal online and in person is another. Whatever the method, the goal must be to provide more options and benefits for everyone in the region. Not to suggest the ends justify anything. You know, like a “bail out” or something …
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