A recent brief in the Baton Rouge paper says all there is to say about the economy of LA: The state [of Louisiana] is the largest single employer.

We have an overgrown government that has starved the private sector of resources in order to feed the bloated beast known as LA government.

Government should only grow in proportion to the private sector, not in spite of it. There will be no economic recovery in LA until government is put on a diet.

This should be a wake up call to everyone and especially the leges who are about to come into a regular session where cutting taxes, reducing regulation and cutting the budget should be the top priorities.

C.B.