I ' m confused , are there a bunch of bugs all over you right now ? <| sep |> You son of a bitch I ' ll kill your family ! . woah sorry I got really hot just then . <| sep |> Well , wellLouisiana . The Dream State ! 44 % of the state ' s budget is from federal money , yet the congressional delegation senators want to limit federal spending , particularly against those who don ' t carry their own weight . Carry their own weightLouisiana receives more than $ 1 . 40 for every $ 1 sent to the federal governmentso to trim spending , shouldn ' t the state carry its own weight ? That would finally push LA to 50 th out of 50 th in state rankings for economicsfrom 49 th . Republican governors and a Republican controlled state legislature have not nudged the state up one notch economically , in education or health in more than 10 years ! Kennedy has been part of that cycle of economic foolishness , and to be fair so has his opponent . But Kennedy is a skin changerhe was a moderate to liberal Democrat , then converted to a conservative Tea Party typefor one apparent reason , to keep his fancy state office . He backed Vitter for governor , obviously a trade for an agreement that the would be new governor would appoint him to Vitter ' s remaining term . Enough . But Louisiana has a Mardi Gras mentality , good stuff is thrown for free off of Mardi Gras floats to the citizens eating , drinking and dancing in the streets . Taxes , those are for the poor suckers in Connecticut , Massachusetts , etc . not for the good home folks who believe in selfsufficiency , as long as it doesn ' t pinch their waistlines .