"Why should I , a US taxpayer, help pay billion$ to rebuild NO when everyone knows it is certain to flood again."
Please see post #30. If Lousiana has its way you will pay whether you want to or not. But just to reiterate: It is beginning to dawn on Lousiana that we have the Nation literally over a barrel. Our Natural Resources are such that we can tax our way out of our own peril and have the Nation pay the tab at the pumps. This idea is beginning to take root here as our Federal government refuses to own up to it's share of responsibility in their failed Levy protection system. I give a lot of credit for this idea to some very astute politicians in the State of Lousiana.
Oh really? You and your democrat bureaucrats are going to screw the rest of America to rebuild.....interesting. Welcome to FR, hope you brought your flameproof under ware.
I give a lot of credit for this idea to some very astute politicians in the State of Lousiana.
Boy that will be real smart for your tourism industry, piss off the rest of the nation. And as energy industry well why do I have a feeling that the oil companies will move their refineries to lower tax states, close marginal fields and get their oil from cheaper places. At the very least when the next big hurricane comes, opps sorry but the rest of the nation may not help.
Has anyone heard if the enviromentalists or government will try to reverse the 1970's court decision preventing flood gates built on the lake by New Orleans? If those gates was built then chances are New Orleans would be much more safe even with the current levees.
Which ones - the ones in office or the ones currently in prison?
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?