Federal Government spends most on Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska

[Ban my account ffs!]

http://www.startribune.com/nation/18047084.html

The federal government spend nearly 3 times as much on those three states per capita than they spent on the three states receiving the least:  Nevada, Utah, and Minnesota.

I wouldn't care about this (and I really think it is probably better, as MS and LA need the investment), except for the fact that they support politicians that go on and on about tax cuts and fiscal responsibility but they're squealing piggy all the way home with a wad of cash...

If you're going to have that attitude, then you deserve the response:  Put up or shut up.  We could use the money too!

[Хahar 🤔]

Pork=bad. I am so not surprised (except for Utah).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

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)...

[Verily]

The article title incorrectly states "Mississippi" instead of "Minnesota", right? Or am I just delusional?

[7,052,770]

This is why is baffles me why any Mississippian can support Ron Paul, especially one that went to a high-quality public high school supported mostly by federal dollars.

[dead0man]

This is why is baffles me why any Mississippian can support Ron Paul, especially one that went to a high-quality public high school supported mostly by federal dollars.

Did you just use Mississippi, high quality and public high school in the same sentence?  You must have gone to a Mississippi public school.

(or I've been whooshed by a very high quality joke!)

[7,052,770]

This is why is baffles me why any Mississippian can support Ron Paul, especially one that went to a high-quality public high school supported mostly by federal dollars.

Did you just use Mississippi, high quality and public high school in the same sentence?  You must have gone to a Mississippi public school.

(or I've been whooshed by a very high quality joke!)

I went to Madison Central, an extreme outlier on the quality scale as far as Mississippi goes.

[cannonia]

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

Alaska: I wish their congressional delegation would rot in jail.

[7,052,770]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

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.

[dead0man]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

Defensive much?

[minionofmidas]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

But that will be never!

People still live in trailers from the Dustbowl.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

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

[7,052,770]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

Defensive much?

yes.  I am still appalled how the media glossed over the fact that the Mississippi gulf coast was hit HARDER and WORSE than New Orleans, yet the media spun the story as a New Orleans-only problem.
Damn anti-Mississippi bigotry is ubiquitous.

[Хahar 🤔]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

Defensive much?

yes.  I am still appalled how the media glossed over the fact that the Mississippi gulf coast was hit HARDER and WORSE than New Orleans, yet the media spun the story as a New Orleans-only problem.
Damn anti-Mississippi bigotry is ubiquitous.

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

[dead0man]

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.

[Conan]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

Defensive much?

yes.  I am still appalled how the media glossed over the fact that the Mississippi gulf coast was hit HARDER and WORSE than New Orleans, yet the media spun the story as a New Orleans-only problem.
Damn anti-Mississippi bigotry is ubiquitous.

One can also argue that it's not the federal governments responsibility. Maybe you're states governments should pay for it, seeing how you have such low taxes. If this happened in NJ, the federal government wouldn't provide for us.

[memphis]

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

UNTIL PEOPLE STOP LIVING IN TRAILERS, DICK!

Defensive much?

yes.  I am still appalled how the media glossed over the fact that the Mississippi gulf coast was hit HARDER and WORSE than New Orleans, yet the media spun the story as a New Orleans-only problem.
Damn anti-Mississippi bigotry is ubiquitous.

One can also argue that it's not the federal governments responsibility. Maybe you're states governments should pay for it, seeing how you have such low taxes. If this happened in NJ, the federal government wouldn't provide for us.

BS. If NJ (or any other state) were hit with a catastrophic natural disaster of Katrina's scale you'd see the same response. Mississippi got less media coverage b/c there are fewer people there and because there was no bowl to flood.

[7,052,770]

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.  And the national media NEVER even talks about that.

[dead0man]

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.

Selective hearing.  I'll give you that generally the South takes more heat than the upper midwest does, but state to state, Mississippi isn't made fun of more than any other.  You really think Mississippi takes more crap than Alabama or Massachusetts(Taxachusetts)?

[7,052,770]

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.

Selective hearing.  I'll give you that generally the South takes more heat than the upper midwest does, but state to state, Mississippi isn't made fun of more than any other.  You really think Mississippi takes more crap than Alabama or Massachusetts(Taxachusetts)?

Definitely.  The only making-fun-of of Massachusetts I ever hear is gaybashing, which I don't really count because there's gays everywhere.  Plus, everyone became a Red Sox fan in 2004 and that cut down on Massachusettsbashing.
But yes, Mississippi definitely gets it worse than Alabama and Texas.  Alabamans themselves often use a motto like "At least we're not Mississippi"

[dead0man]

Yep, selective hearing.  You honestly think that of the 50 states, Mississppi is the one that gets made fun of the most?  Trust me man, you guys aren't that important.

Speaking of which, do you know why birds fly upside down across Mississippi?


Nothing worth sh**tting on.

(I originally heard this joke about Alabama from a guy from Alabama)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

LA and MS deserve the spending, but AK doesn't.  We need to distribute more evenly, sending the money where it is needed.

[memphis]

As usual, the onion hits the nail on the head.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30916

[minionofmidas]

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.)