Jindal on jobs, republican running mate, and medicaid cuts
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July 9, 2012 10:26 PM
By Ty Russell
RUSTON, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Governor Bobby Jindal greeted dozens in Ruston before a jobs announcement. But the Louisiana leader couldn't escape questions about being a possible contender in the Republican V.P. race.
"In terms of VP, look, I've got the job that I want. We're not going to speculate on who the governor will pick. We'll leave that to the Romney campaign," Governor Jindal said.
Many believe Jindal is one of the top choices as Romney's running mate. Especially after spending several days being the face of Romney's campaign while the candidate took some time off.
But the governor chose to focus most of his time at Louisiana Tech, announcing 90 direct new jobs coming to the area. Mortgage contracting services is opening an outsourcing center in August in the business district of the city.
"Today's economic development announcement is one more sign that Louisiana is outperforming the national southern economies," Jindal said.
40 slots will be filled by the end of next year. The company says the other 50 workers will be in place by 20-19. This comes a week after the governor announced the expansion of graphic packaging in West Monroe adding more than 40 jobs. Jindal plans to continue fighting to add more jobs in the private sector.
"As long as we continue to hold the line on taxing, we don't grow government spending, we'll do better than other states. We've outperformed the rest of the country. As long as we keep doing that, we'll create jobs in our state," Jindal said.
7-point-two percent of Louisianians are out of work, as of the latest jobs report in may. The state's unemployment has been climbing since February.
Also, more than $800 million are being taken from the state's Medicaid Program. The governor's office chose not to respond, instead referring us to another department.
But Louisiana Senator David Vitter's office says those dollars were never meant for health care. Further saying, the feds allocated more money than the state needed in the Medicaid Program.
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