But your governor did ask for federal assistance. It happened to be denied because the feds thought the state could handle that amount of damage on their own. If that's all Louisiana had we could handle it on our own too.
Yes. And that same idiot Governor ("Diamond Jim" Doyle, D, WI) is now suing Big Oil because he says Wisconsin is owed $88 Million dollars due to the increase in the cost of gasoline. He can't connect the dots between supply and demand and the shortages caused for EVERYONE due to Katrina & Rita. Understanding 'Economics 101' is always a shortcoming of the libs, though sticking their hand in when there's a big old barrel of cash available is their speciality.
I'm against him asking for ANYTHING for our state. The more federal money that flows in here, the more goes to further support liberal causes. I'm a total State's Rights type of gal, and the more we rely on the feds, the more they chip away at our rights as a State.
LA will be fine if the Free Market is allowed to work it's magic, as it has in other spots around our nation destroyed by natural disasters. Throwing money at a flood plain is just stupid, IMHO.
And before you retort, so is living in Tornado Alley, LOL! We had 27 of them in my county alone last summer. I spent a lot of time in the basement last summer, organizing my survival supplies while hiding from tornadoes. ;)
Had the state not been hit just as hard by Hurricane Rita three weeks later in the second highest income producing section of the state we would not need help. However, everybody always forgets about Hurricane Rita and the widespread devastation over a greater area of the state.
I say tax the hell out of the gasoline and heating fuel and use our natural resources to pay for the rebuilding. Maybe then some of those other states will start drilling off of their coasts.