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Well, here's an idea from North Carolina: we can do the same thing for goods YOU need.

"And if you insist on "blackmailing" the rest of us to rebuild your state, I'll lobby MY senators and congress people to vote against all the other money you want from the federal government.

See how that works?"

We won't need any money from the Federal government if we are able to push through the tax on the Major Corporations using pipelines across the State of Lousiana to pass their oil and gas to the rest of the Country. We will have all we need and then some.

What's interesting is this pervasive attitude here on Free Republic that says over and over ad nauseum: "let Lousiana fix their own damned problems, I'm tired of my hard-earned tax money going to fix their problems." Okay fine! So Louisiana is pushing to find a viable solution and everyone here wants to bitch about that too.

I'm curious to know what wonderful Natural Resource you State contributes to Louisiana or the rest of the Country which would, if withheld, put us to our knees? Turnips? Trees? Do tell!

We won't need any money from the Federal government if we are able to push through the tax on the Major Corporations using pipelines across the State of Lousiana to pass their oil and gas to the rest of the Country.

If that is your attitude, then the $250 billion that y'all are demanding from the American taxpayer can be better spent to re-route those pipelines around your state.

Apparently Louisiana has not learned the first rule of holes. When you find yourself in one, stop digging.

But, then again, they want to rebuild parts of a city that are below sea level.

We won't need any money from the Federal government if we are able to push through the tax on the Major Corporations using pipelines across the State of Lousiana to pass their oil and gas to the rest of the Country. We will have all we need and then some.

Fine by me. Just don't come back here bitching when each individual state decides to impose a tariff on the goods their state produces that will cost you more money.

I'm curious to know what wonderful Natural Resource you State contributes to Louisiana or the rest of the Country which would, if withheld, put us to our knees? Turnips? Trees? Do tell!

See what I mean; you just can't make a credible defense of your blackmail and so you resort to snotty remarks.

I'll put you down in the "Nothing the Government Will Do Will Ever Be Enough" column.

Well, we could start by not shipping 80% of all the grain in the Midwest via the Port of New Orleans. Frankly, without the Port, is there even a reason for New Orleans to exist?

"I'm curious to know what wonderful Natural Resource you State contributes to Louisiana or the rest of the Country which would, if withheld, put us to our knees?

How about our HARD EARNED MONEY BEING TAKEN TO HELP THOSE WHO WON'T HELP THEMSELVES, AND REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOOLISHNESS OF LIVING BELOW SEA LEVEL, AND EXPECTING US TO PAY FOR THEIR FOLLY?

Those earnings ARE our natural resource, to those of us who are responsible for our own well-being. How about you?

That would be tobacco lol. However, my great grandfather used to raise his own in southwestern louisiana so we could convert some of our crops over to tobacco if needed. Since I don't smoke, no skin off my nose. ;)

We won't need any money from the Federal government if we are able to push through the tax on the Major Corporations using pipelines across the State of Lousiana to pass their oil and gas to the rest of the Country.

How incredibly ignorant. Such a tax is specifically forbidden by the U.S. Constitution.