Subj : Re: not kosher To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 02:03:51 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > John Iwaniszek wrote: > >> Nick 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.) >> > > (For social programs and stuff like that I could understand their > point whether I agreed with it or not. For flood control type stuff > it doesn't really make sense.) > ((Sure it does. It stands to reason that there are fewer natural disaster where there are fewer people, what with nature hating mankind as she does.)) (((I fear that when the 9.0 hits either us or S.F.[1], the result is going to make Katrina look mild by comparison.))) -- Jim [1] Especially S.F. .