Our new governor laid it all on the line yesterday due to the extreme loss of oil revenue in the state. The current price of oil. The TOPS scholarship program has now been suspended for the current college kids. 4,700 roughly in the university here in Lafayette. The parents polled for those scholarship programs roughly 90 % stated that without TOPS the kids will not be able to attend. My kids had the TOPS program due to extremely good grades in high school - now college educated.

He also has proposed the largest tax increase in history for the state of Louisiana. Has also threatened shutting down LSU athletic programs, etc. I understand how this all works, the loss has to be made up somewhere. It's simple economics.

What I don't understand is those folks rejoicing over the price of gasoline at the pumps when they haven't a clue of the big picture. Maybe it's ignorance, or selfishness, or both.