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What is disinvestment in the public sector? Why is this harmful and why do governments do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disinvestment in the public sector is a decision by the government to take funds out of public services, while keeping taxes for businesses and the wealthy low. Even though this has consequences for average people, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about disinvestment in the public sector and what it means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Disinvestment in the Public Sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The state of Louisiana, where we\u2019ll focus our analysis, ranks near the very bottom of all 50 states across most quality-of-life measurements<\/strong>, including life expectancy, health outcomes, median income, educational attainment, and pollution. Here, Republican politicians offer minimal public investments in services like healthcare, social insurance, and education, while keeping taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, their anti-regulatory agenda allows the powerful oil and petrochemical industries to pollute the state\u2019s air and drinking water, leading to some of the nation\u2019s highest cancer rates for residents. It would seem that if any state would stand to benefit from a more activist government committed to investments in public goods and one less friendly to business interests, it would be Louisiana. The paradox runs even deeper when you consider the fact that, for all of the state\u2019s anti-federal rhetoric, it is in fact highly dependent <\/em>on federal largesse\u2014with a full 44 percent of the state budget coming from Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is clearly not how Louisianans see it, particularly those living around Lake Charles in the southwest corner of the state\u2014the epicenter of the state\u2019s sprawling extraction industry. Since 1972, Louisiana has voted Republican in nine out of 12 presidential elections, and it gave President Donald Trump one of his largest margins in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disinvestment in the public sector seems illogical, but many people continue to vote for people who enforce these policies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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