Ask Bobby Jindal

Your positions on many issues directly contravene your ancestral traditions of compassion and care for those less fortunate. Why?

Why do you talk to the american public as if we are children? it does not even sound inteligent no disrespect intended. Do you really think that you will make it to the white house?

Is it possible for you to work as a Health Secretary in Obama administration given a chance and prove yourself as a future Republican candidate for President?

In a changed America, do you think Republicans can post a comeback without really a substantive organic change in policies?

Dear Gov Jindal,

A lot of your positions seemed to be basically in complete agreement with Pres Obama, but you made it sound like they were totally different positions. Also why do Republicians act is if a tax increase on the top 2% of Americans is the same as an across the board tax increase? We know the the US Corp tax rate is extremely high, but we also know that most Corps pay FAR less tax due to loopholes, and various deductions & tax credits. So the net corp tax in practice is at an extremely LOW effective rate. Likewise the top income families in this country. There are a great many legal ways to avoid taxes on a substantial amount of income.

When will we realize that we are running out of fossil fuels, so "Drill baby Drill" is not the way to solve our problems.

Governor, do Republicans really believe we are oblivious to the last eight years of fiscally irresponsible GOP leadership? How have you become born-again fiscal conservatives overnight?

Bobby

Why are you Republican? Your background, efficient, goverance of Louisiana scream "Democrat" to me

Kirthika

As the new voice of the republican party, are you considering running for president in the future?

Govenor Jindal, with the stimulus bill now passed, how best can we, as Republican constituents, help to ensure the least amount of wasteful spending?

Question:You're surrounded by the wealthy who have jobs and money, but you're going to turn down $100 bucks a month for the unemployed?

Comment, you better be running for pres in 2012, you'll never get reelected in LA

Were you channeling Rush Limbaugh in the response you made of Pres. Obama's address to Congress?

I have a comment. As a guy who ridiculed volcano monitoring, you'd think you' be a little more sensitive to natural disasters!
Portland, Oregon is 20 miles south of Mt St Helen's, ever heard of it?
It can explode anytime, that is why they monitor it, but then I'm sure our governor Kulongowski has already called to say.
Also, AREN'T YOU JUST A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL! YOU PEOPLE IN LA ARE ALWAYS YELLING ABOUT HURRICANES, GIVE ME FEDERAL HELP, YET, YOU SAY YOU, THE GOVERNMENT ARE THE PROBLEM. YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT JINDAL, YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR ILK WHO RUINED OUR NATIONS ECONOMY.
BETWEEN YOU AND THAT STEELE, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY PAINFULLY UNAWARE, THE ENTIRE NATION IS LAUGHING AT YOU!
HILLARY = PALIN
OBAMA = STEELE
YOU GUYS DON'T GET IT. YOU HAVEN'T HAD A NEW IDEA IN 50 YEARS, YOU'RE THE PROBLEM JINDAL, NOT THE SOLUTION!

Gov Jindal, are you going to turn away the extended help for us unemployed because you don't care about us common folk or because you are trying to deliberately sabotage President Obama's stimulus plan?

You said in your speech the other night that Republicans believe that medical decisions should be between a patient and his or her doctor. I'm wondering, then, why some Republicans seem to want the government intruding on medical decisions for patients when it comes to reproductive health, family planning, and end-of-life decisions as in the Terri Schiavo case.

Hello Sir,

What are you doing about the mess in New Orleans? do you think they could use some of the money from the government to help with their recovery problems?
Here in Indiana we have a budget surplus of $1 Billion dollars and yet our governor has said that he plans to take the money, is your state opperating in the black if so what is your surplus?

Thank you for your time,

Anthony Bryant
Republican
Indianapolis, Indiana

Mr Jindal

I have voted Republican since my 18th birthday in 1982 including the latest Presidential election.

I have become disillusioned with the party line on Free trade. The statements I hear are free trade stimulates economies around the globe and subsequently the need for our exports to these countries. Personally I see no reason why the emerging economies would buy products built here. The cost base does not justify it these countries will develop their own mfg facilities to supply their own markets. Isn't the real reason the party promotes so called Free trade is because the Banking and Insurance sector wanted these economies opened up to their services?

In my area of the country there still are empty factories from the beginning of outsourcing from the early 80's.

For this country to truly recover, Private sector Job creation has to be priority one.
How would you create private sector jobs in The US and in what industries would these jobs be created?

Fair Trade not Free Trade please.

Thank you

Since you consider $140M one-time upgrade cost for volcano monitoring to be wasteful spending, what are your feelings toward the $300M per year cost by NOAA for hurricane research? Can we shut that program down too?

All I heard was lip service to the conservative cause. The Republicans have invaded our privacy, increased Govt spending, lied to the American people to get us into this war and blah-blah-blah. Don't you get it? It's Obama's/Demoracts turn for a government by the people. Through out history we see that the rich have never given up anything without a fight! We need Obama to champion for health care and social programs for all, not just the rich who can afford it.

I consider myself an independent and the Republican party seems to be a completely social conservative party. I grew up hearing my family, almost all Republicans, speak of how their party stood for budgetary restraint. However, over the last eight years, during most of which the country was lead by Republicans, spending ballooned out of control. Not to mention crooked budgetary practices such as leaving wars (which are known to be pricey)out. And during this time the Party still talks of tax cuts as sound financial policy despite the growing spending deficit even during times of prosperity. All of this has led me to believe that your Party does not stand for budgetary discipline so much as pay it lip service and pray on fears that our financial system is out of control. In my lifetime I did see a budget surplus, under a Democratic president. I am aware of Democrats inability to control spending throughout most of the past, but if they become known for being more fiscally responsible by at least paying for their spending habits, then I do not see a future for the Republican Party as it stands.So my question is, how do you plan to restore the Republican Party's position as a intelligent and pragmatic political party with a focus on fiscal restraint and responsibility?

What do you have against volcano-monitoring?

Governor Jindal,

One thing you can be sure is that you blew your chances of proving that you are a sensible and reasonable young leader. All is not lost however. You can redeem yourself by appealing to reason and not party Republican politics.

Dear Mr. Jindal,
you've been referred to as the scion of the Republican Party. I live in a town where a large preponderance of its revenue comes from the a pipeline which begins in Louisiana and terminates in Virginia. Every hurricane that strikes the Gulf Coast has enormous ramifications in my town, where the oil income plays an integral part in my town's survival, especially with the current economic climate. How do you plan on further bolstering the Gulf Coast's integrity to resist devastating hurricanes as well as reforming the infrastructure of the oil-delivery system in the United States so towns such as mine can be better prepared to endure violent storms?

Why is the Republican party so concerned about burdening future generations with the debt associated with the President's package to address the extremely severe recession yet allowed our national debt to nearly double under President Bush - isn't that hyprocritical? What sacrifices were asked by the American people other than those families whose noble sons and daughters joined the military, most from low income homes, to fund the two wars - never in our history have we not asked our people to pay and sacrfice for war. Why is the Republican party now concerned about class warfare when by all estimates some 70 to 80% of the income growth under George Bush went to the upper 2 to 5% of our country resulting in the greatest disparity in wealth since the Great Depression- isn't that class warfare? While capitalism is the best of the economic systems doesn't anyone in the Party question why CEO's salary have grow from 50 times the average worker to 300 to 400 times in 30 years or that we reward exess risk taking with salaries that define credibility. Capitalism like any system has flaws! Blind idealogy at the expense of reality results in the average person suffering. Where is the concept of Judaic/Christian values that we're in this together - one sacrificed for all - foundation of Christianity yet we're not willing to accept that sometimes a collective Gov't response is necessary (our health care costs per capita are twice any industrialized country).

Are you running for president in 2012?

The only solutions the Republicans offer is "TAX BREAKS" to fix the economy. And we have seen Bush's tax breaks over 8 yrs for the super rich but not the middle class? So when will the Repbulicans offer solutions other then "Tax Breaks" for the middle class?