Currently, Louisiana taxpayers send taxes to the federal government, and then the federal government passes a portion of that back to Louisiana’s state government. After independence, those taxes would go straight to the state government.
Although blue states tend to subsidize red states through federal government spending, the amount of the subsidy is less than 2% of red-state income, on average, and that subsidy is wasted according to Washington DC’s priorities, not efficiently spent on Louisianians’ priorities. After independence, Louisiana could reduce spending by ending unwanted federal programs and waste in the state.
Also, an economic analysis of the government of Quebec’s relationship with its national government estimated that eliminating the overlapping jurisdictions of both levels of government would yield an additional $8.8 billion alone for the Quebec treasury. Louisiana could expect a sizable savings too, since it has half the population of Quebec.
Louisiana’s GDP per person in 2023 was $68,507, which is not as high as the US average, but is higher than the 8th richest country in the world (Australia), not including tax shelter micro-nations. It’s higher than that of Canada, France, the UK, or Germany. If other countries can survive as self-governing countries, then Louisiana can too.
Louisiana’s economy would blossom when freed from federal over-regulation and over-taxation.
Here’s what our homepage says about that:
Louisiana doesn’t need DC!
If Louisiana were independent, tariffs collected at Louisiana’s ports would no longer go to Washington DC.
We would get the royalties from leasing Louisiana’s offshore waters for oil drilling, not Washington DC. And Louisiana could vastly increase the amount of offshore leasing to help Louisiana’s oil & gas employment, since the federal government has been very restrictive. The US also restricts Louisiana’s shrimp industry. And the US uses its size to pressure foreign countries to keep the oil price low, which hurts Louisiana’s oil workers and Louisiana’s tax collection.
Long ago, New Orleans was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. When Louisiana regains her sovereignty, she can create a wealthy society that honors God by the righteousness of her laws.
You can learn more about the economics of independence here.
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