After spending over a half-million dollars on a remodeling project for her aides during a budget crisis, now Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco is complaining that the federal government is not giving her and her state enough money.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco complained on Thursday that Louisiana is not getting its fair share of hurricane aid from the federal government.

Blanco said that Louisiana suffered 70 percent of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina but that it is not getting an equivalent amount in aid.

"We are all American citizens, we cannot allow ourselves to be treated like second-class citizens," the governor said during an update on rebuilding to the New Orleans city council.

Sam Jones, Blanco's deputy director of community programs, pointed out that Louisiana got only $6.2 billion out of $11.5 billion in Community Development Block Grants that were recently approved by Congress and President Bush.

By my math, that is 54% of the funds going to Louisiana. But since Gov. Blank-stare and her clleagues in Louisiana have done 90% of the complaining, I think that everything averages out just fine.

She also shows why the future federal response to disasters should be "Hope you have insurance -- y'all are on your own."

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