"A large amount of wealth is consistently and regularly extracted from Louisiana"
If we are talking about resources available to the state we can look directly at tax revenue.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-local-tax-col...
Louisiana is 32nd for tax revue per capita.
Louisiana has no severance tax. There are certain arrangements with trust funds for offshore oil that were enacted in the 50s and 60s.
If we are talking about resources available to the state we can look directly at tax revenue.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-local-tax-col...
Louisiana is 32nd for tax revue per capita.