re: Can Louisiana ever be fixed?

Can it be fixed? Sure it can, will it no. Because of the people who are born and live here, at least the majority. Don't start with the demographics ( blacks ) argument. This state was screwed and headed down the path it is on long before black people voting had a impact on elections. This goes back to dumb uneducated hicks and cajuns supporting Huey Long because of the government promises he made. They continued to elect these thieves like Edwin Edwards and then re-elected them again and again because he is one of us. I still remember ppl saying yeah Edwards is a crook but he is going to steal and tell you he is going to steal, then they would go vote for him. How freaking stupid were these people. That mentality is ingrained into the culture and it is a damn shame because if Louisiana could change this mentality the state would be the most prosperous in the nation based upon its size and population.