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''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' in [[Lafayette]], which supported the Stelly Plan, described the measure as a "sensible fiscal measure . . . developed essentially to make income taxes, instead of sales taxes, the primary funding mechanism for government."<ref name=advertiser>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-par.org/PAR%20News%20Files/advertiser_01.05.2009.pdf|title="Stelly Plan action: Bad timing"|publisher=''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|date=January 5, 2009|accessdate=October 27, 2009}}</ref>
''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' in [[Lafayette]], which supported the Stelly Plan, described the measure as a "sensible fiscal measure . . . developed essentially to make income taxes, instead of sales taxes, the primary funding mechanism for government."<ref name=advertiser>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-par.org/PAR%20News%20Files/advertiser_01.05.2009.pdf|title="Stelly Plan action: Bad timing"|publisher=''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|date=January 5, 2009|accessdate=October 27, 2009}}</ref>
The Public Affairs Research Council, a business [[think-tank]] once headed by [[Ed Steimel]], a good government guru, said that the loss of income tax revenues would make Louisiana more reliant on less stable [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] revenues and creates the potential for a resumption of the "boom-and-bust cycle".<ref name=advertiser/>
The Public Affairs Research Council, a business think-tank once headed by [[Ed Steimel]], a good government guru, said that the loss of income tax revenues would make Louisiana more reliant on less stable [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] revenues and creates the potential for a resumption of the "boom-and-bust cycle".<ref name=advertiser/>
''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' editorially opposed the Stelly Plan repeal, which it determined reflects legislators yielding to pressure from higher-income taxpayers. The newspaper questioned the repeal of a [[progressive]] income-tax-for sales-tax swap and came up with this possible explanation:
''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' editorially opposed the Stelly Plan repeal, which it determined reflects legislators yielding to pressure from higher-income taxpayers. The newspaper questioned the repeal of a [[progressive]] income-tax-for sales-tax swap and came up with this possible explanation: