[Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems

[stan]

Slim,

that's easy to answer - they forget what the "U" in USA stands for.

stan/gbi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slim" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems


>  Why should people
>> in Minnesota have to pay for flood control in New Orleans?
>>
>
> I think we Minnesotans can do SOMETHING.  For one thing, N.O. is one of 
> the
> main shipping ports in the country and we benefit in many ways.  Also,
> Minneapolis/St. Paul are Mississippi River towns and we get commercial 
> boats
> from N.O. all the time.  And why should Louisianans have to pay for a
> flooding Mississippi caused by our snow every year?  States don't live in 
> a
> vacuum.
>
> Slim
>
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