Jindal's new revenue plan: impose crushing tax increases on the poor

By Robert Mann

Hasn’t Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal done enough to hurt his state’s poor citizens?

After virtually destroying the public health care system, why would he want to deepen their anguish by increasing taxes on them by as much as 75 percent?

That could be the practical impact of a new tax plan, announced today, that Jindal is prepared to submit to the Louisiana Legislature -- eliminating the most…