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PJMcK

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2. But Mississippi doesn't have much money for disasters

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Mar 26, 2023, 02:14 PM

Mar 2023

It's at the top of the list of states that gets far more from the federal government than they contribute in taxes.

A very telling point: Half of the state flag is the Confederate flag.

It's a shit-hole state.

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That Mississippi damage is frightening [View all] malaise Mar 2023 OP

Same here. we can do it Mar 2023 #1

But Mississippi doesn't have much money for disasters PJMcK Mar 2023 #2

I'm sure Bennie Thompson and his supporters malaise Mar 2023 #3

Right you are, as usual PJMcK Mar 2023 #5

I, too, was once in Mississippi. Hattiesburg area to be exact. Polly Hennessey Mar 2023 #7

Oh, the crook, Brett Favre homestead. a kennedy Mar 2023 #24

If I said what I was thinking I'd get TS'd nolabear Mar 2023 #6

Well, one would hope the State of Mississippi would take Polly Hennessey Mar 2023 #8

Sorry but I think you missed my point PJMcK Mar 2023 #14

isn't Mississippi the state Brett Favre ripped off? CatWoman Mar 2023 #16

Yup, loser he is. Ugh....... a kennedy Mar 2023 #25

All right. I respect the clarification. The problem is broad brushing. nolabear Mar 2023 #23

I read about baseball sized hail stones. pandr32 Mar 2023 #4

According to Reagan, this is terrifying language: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help" Marcus IM Mar 2023 #9

that monster malaise Mar 2023 #10

Watching these Mississippi GOPee insurrectionists demand "reimbursement" from the Fed Gov't ... Marcus IM Mar 2023 #11

Parasites indeed malaise Mar 2023 #12

LOL. Marcus IM Mar 2023 #17

The enemy is us malaise Mar 2023 #20

I used to network with a republican woman. CrispyQ Mar 2023 #15

Yep. Blind as bats. Marcus IM Mar 2023 #18

It is their disconnect to reality that gets me malaise Mar 2023 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #13

I thought it may have been an EF-5 mvd Mar 2023 #19

Good point malaise Mar 2023 #22

It's devastating.. mountain grammy Mar 2023 #26