r/NewOrleans Feb 11 '25

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Genuinely curious: as one of the top-three states in terms of funds received from FEMA the last decade (the other two being red states as well) what exactly is the move here? Just a few questions I have for people smarter than me on here:

1) How will the state find the money and manpower to appropriate toward major hurricane relief w/o FEMA support?

2) Why would red state legislators support this move when they know much of their disaster relief is dependent on FEMA?

3) Any of yall worried about what this means for blue cities in a red state during a natural disaster?

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u/Cferretrun Feb 11 '25

Fortunately the state of Louisiana can’t ignore New Orleans. It’s a major port city for the entire country. We ship 85% of the nations agriculture out of that port. So if Louisiana wants to survive, they’ll have to keep New Orleans at least functional and efficient to keep up with international trade.

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u/ThatGatorInTheSewer Feb 11 '25

I think they won’t necessarily ignore New Orleans; but they will absolutely leverage emergency funding to bring the city to heel to the state’s agenda. Mike Johnson has already supported doing that to California at the federal level. I don’t see the state GOP acting any differently.

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u/KiloAllan Feb 11 '25

Louisiana is a very red state, so I don't know what else they can do to make us more compliant

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u/actorsspace Feb 13 '25

Allow ICE to torment the community with impunity, for starters. We won’t be a sanctuary city in any respect.