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As of 2017 Louisiana has a Balance of Payments of $17.7B, meaning they receive that much more in federal funding than they pay in taxes [1] I say it’s time to
by thanatos_dem 8y ago
As of 2017 Louisiana has a Balance of Payments of $17.7B, meaning they receive that much more in federal funding than they pay in taxes [1]
I say it’s time to move people to somewhere above sea level and let NOLA return to being the river delta it is so desperately trying to be.
[1] https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/ https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-...
- mikeash 8y agoWhat is the figure for New Orleans specifically? Looking at the entire state isn’t terribly informative.