Voting Record of Jay Dardenne

Coming Events

"Tea Party of Louisiana Member Meeting”

MONDAY February 27, 2012, 6:30PM-7:30PM

At TJ Ribs Restaurant (Private Banquet Room)

(2324 S Acadian Thrwy – Right off I-10 Exit)

The Tea Party of Louisiana will host a Q & A

“Member Meeting” with YOU as featured guest speakers

Time for You to Voice Your Opinions on changes you want

We want to hear from you on matters you find important at

the local, state or national level to add to our 2012 agenda.

The Tea Party of Louisiana Board would like

to thank all of our members for supporting TPoL on

positions we taken, on matters we felt were important to

our State & Country’s future.

Seating is limited, so please confirm your attendance with

reply at events@teapartyoflouisiana.net

Come Out and Be a Part of Helping Return

Our Government to Our Constitution!!!

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After two years of Obama...here's your

CHANGE!!!

Of course, the clueless media won't announce facts

like these because it makes their 'messiah' look like

the fake he actually is!! eb

	January 2009	TODAY	% chg	^Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.	$1.83	$3.104	69.6%	¹
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)	$43.48	$99.02	127.7%	²
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)	$38.74	$91.38	135.9%	²
Gold: London (per troy oz.)	$853.25	$1,369.50	60.5%	²
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL	$3.56	$6.33	78.1%	²
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL	$9.66	$13.75	42.3%	²
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob	$13.37	$35.39	164.7%	²
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall	7.6%	9.4%	23.7%	³
Unemployment rate, blacks	12.6%	15.8%	25.4%	³
Number of unemployed	11,616,000	14,485,000	24.7%	³
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)	2,779,000	2,840,000	2.2%	³
Real median household income (2008 v 2009)	$50,112	$49,777	-0.7%	⁴
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)	31,983,716	43,200,878	35.1%	⁵
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)	7,526,598	9,193,838	22.2%	⁶
Number of long-term unemployed	2,600,000	6,400,000	146.2%	³
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)	13.2%	14.3%	8.3%	⁴
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)	39,800,000	43,600,000	9.5%	⁴
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings	5	9	n/a	¹⁰
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)	29.9	23.5	-21.4%	¹¹
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)	140	164	17.1%	¹²
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate	89.76	82.03	-8.6%	²
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	1,575.1	1,865.7	18.4%	¹³
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	8,310.9	8,852.3	6.5%	¹³
National debt, in trillions	$10.627	$14.052	32.2%	¹⁴

Just take this last item: In the last two years

we have accumulated national debt at a rate more

than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire

nation's history. Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically

speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH

and a car rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster,

it would be doing 7,555 MPH!

Sources:

(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal;

(3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA;

(6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller;

(9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board;

(12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

PRESS RELEASE February 7, 2011 - For Immediate Release Tea Party of Louisiana Calls for NEW Louisiana State Senate President !!!

(Baton Rouge) “The Tea Party of Louisiana (TPoL) calls for NEW Louisiana Senate President,” Tea Party of Louisiana Spokesman Bob Reid said. “The current Economic & Political times demand NEW Conservative Leadership in our Louisiana Senate,” Reid added. “The Tea Party of Louisiana is calling for a STRONG CONSERVATIVE LEADER to replace the current Liberal, Trial Lawyer Democrat as our new Louisiana State Senate President,” Reid explained.

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HIGHER TAXES

Voted for--and served as Senate floor leader for--The Stelly Plan income tax increase (House Bill 31 of 2002)
Voted to raise natural gas severance tax (McPherson amendment to HB 1887 of 1993)
Voted for higher sales taxes (House Bill 1887 of 1993)
Voted for higher sales taxes (House Bill 196 of 1996)
Voted for higher tobacco taxes (House Bill 117 of 2000)
Voted for higher income taxes (House Bill 299 of 2000)
Voted for higher income taxes (House Bill 295 of 2000)
Voted for car rental tax (House Bill 193 of 2000)
Voted for higher sales taxes on food and utilities (House Bill 36 of 2000 Special Session)
Voted for the Unitary Tax --a huge new business tax (House Bill 198 of 2000)
Voted for higher sales taxes on food and utilities (House Bill 169 of 2002)
Voted for higher income taxes (House Bill 171 of 2002)
Voted for higher income taxes (House bill 238 of 2002)
Voted for car rental tax (House Bill 166 of 2002)
Voted for higher cigarette taxes (House Bill 167 of 2002)
Voted for higher cigarette taxes (House Bill 157 of 2002)
Voted for higher fee on "other than used tires" (House Bill 846 of 2004)
Voted to allow higher fees on LSU students (House Bill 1062 of 2004)
Voted to allow higher fees on Medicare surveys (House Bill 1391 of 2004)
Voted to allow LA Tax Commission to impose fees (House Bill 1419 of 2004)
Voted to allow higher fees on shrimpers (House Bill 1711 of 2004)
Voted to allow fees on turtle farmers (Senate Bill 161 of 2004)

STATE SPENDING

Voted to double the size of the state budget during the past decade. (See House Bill 1 in each Regular Session)
Voted for a huge increase in the State Budget this year alone (House Bill 1 of 2006)

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR LEGISLATORS

Voted to give taxpayer-funded lifetime healthcare benefits to term limited legislators (HB 1028 of 2006)
Voted to prohibit free sporting tickets for legislators while receiving free tickets for Tiger Stadium Suite
Raised campaign funds during legislative session because of loophole in state law

HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES

Voted for the ethanol mandate bill that will increase gas prices by an estimated 67 cents per gallon (HB 685 of 2006)

OPPOSED L.A.B.I.

Voted against the position of LABI, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, on a dozen major votes since 1999