re: Tell me about Earl K. Long

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The Long family did more to screw this state than anything else in existence. Louisiana should be one of the richest states in the union, yet we are dead last or right above Mississippi

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I do not have a high opinion of the Longs, but I disagree.

Both were corrupt, but they still looked out for the state and its citizens. They got their piece of the action, but it was on a percentage basis and the state benefitted far more (unlike with other governors who were solely looking to feather their nests [and those of their cronies]).