Federal Government spends most on Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska

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Funny. I would have thought that the idea that government $$$ should go to places that vote the right way or elect the right sort of politician is where the problem started (a long, long, long time ago)...

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Lousisiana/Mississippi: I'm all for getting rid of the Katrina welfare program.  How long is that going to be in the budget?

Until the day we remove any government aid or assistance for residents of the California permanent fire/flood/quake/mudslide/gang war disaster zone.

I like that answer

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Damn anti-Mississippi bigotry is ubiquitous.

Right, Mississippi is the only state that gets made fun of.  Nobody ever cracks a Texas joke or a South Dakota joke.

I've never in my life heard a South Dakota joke, and the occasional Texas joke is not nearly as common as the Mississippi joke.

No, it's just that New Orleans was far and away the largest city affected. You should be able to see through this, Harry.

Sure, but Mississippi never gets any coverage.  Never mind that towns on the coast were GONE after the storm...completely and utterly destroyed.  People are still living in trailers on the coast.  Compared to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, New Orleans had it easy by just getting flooded.

Lol. There's deluded, there's inane, and then there's this statement. (Doesn't of course change the fact that Mississippi got it very bad too, and that the main impact of the hurricane itself was worse there than in Louisiana.)

It's true.  Mississippi got hit much worse, and is still suffering much moreso, and no one does or ever did care.

Population estimates, july 1 2005 and july 1 2006.

Orleans Parish, 454K, 210K
St Bernard Parish, 65K, 14K
Plaquemines Parish, 29K, 22K
Jefferson Parish, 450K, 420K

Hancock County, 46K, 39K
Harrison County, 196K, 173K
Jackson County, 134K, 128K

Notice something?

They all went on holiday. For over a year. That's all. Move along people, nothing to see here...