Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1987-10-02

Duration: 00:59:09

Subjects: STATE BUDGET | Tax reform | Taxes

Contributors:

• Zewe, Charles Host
• Chehardy, Lawrence Panelist
• Richardson, Jim Panelist
• Juneau, Dan Panelist
• Dodson, David Panelist
• Moffett, Jim Bob Panelist
• Drennen, Mark Panelist
• Jackson, Kay Panelist

This program from October 2, 1987, features Charles Zewe leading a panel discussion on the need for tax reform in Louisiana. The panelists are: Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy; Dr. Jim Richardson, an economics professor at LSU and the director of LSU’s Public Administration Institute; Dan Juneau, the vice president for governmental relations with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI); David Dodson, editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report; Jim Bob Moffett, the chairman of Freeport-McMoRan and the head of the Louisiana Council for Fiscal Reform; Mark Drennen, the president of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR); and Secretary Kay Jackson of the Louisiana Department of Commerce. They discuss: the difficulty in attracting new businesses to Louisiana due to the state’s tax structure; the state budget deficit; the Council for Fiscal Reform’s proposal; other fiscal reform proposals; and tax exemptions.