Subj : Re: not kosher
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 01:32:22

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in news:Xns96CBB3E81244Endtcm@
68.1.17.6:

> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
>> http://www.startribune.com/stories/125/5602732.html
>> 
> 
> "Louisiana has received far more money for Corps civil works projects 
> than any other state, about $1.9 billion; California was a distant 
> second with less than $1.4 billion, even though its population is more 
> than seven times larger."
> 
> Since when does population have to do with Corps of Engineers projects?
> 

(it's a tax redistribution thing.  Some people (not me) would argue that a 
state with fewer people should get proportionally less tax money than a 
state with more people on the simple grounds of fairness.)

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