North to Alaska

Politico ^ | July 18, 2007

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Rep. Don Young attacked his fellow Republicans on the House floor Wednesday, as he defended education funds allocated to his home-state of Alaska.

"You want my money, my money," Young stridently declared before warning conservatives that, "Those who bite me will be bitten back."

Young took extreme exception to an amendment by Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) to strike money in a spending bill for native Alaskan and Hawaiian educational programs.

Conservatives have stoked the ire of their fellow Republicans for years by challenging federal spending, both broadly and on specific projects. But it's rare that their GOP colleagues express that displeasure openly on the floor.

During his brief tirade Wednesday, Young suggested Republicans lost their majority because Garrett, whom he did not specifically name, and others had challenged spending during the GOP's tenure. He also had disparaging things to say about the great state of New Jersey - home to The Sopranos and Bon Jovi.

And lest we forget, Young, who used to chair the House Transportation Committee, is responsible for the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere," a proposed span connecting Ketchikan, Alaska, with the tiny island of Gravina that would have cost $315 million – and eventually came to symbolize profligate spending under Republican rule.

Oh, and he has spent more than $250,000 on legal fees so far this year at the same time that federal investigators probe some of his campaign's biggest contributors.

Garrett refrained from asking for an official reprimand, but he and other conservative Republicans took after Young's declaration that the funds in question represented his money. The assembled conservatives then launched into a general attack on earmarked spending.

"We legally steal," argued Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), defending her colleague from New Jersey.

Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee gave Garrett a standing ovation later in the day during the group's weekly meeting, an aide to one conservative member said.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Is an argument in the brewing between Alaskan and New Jersey freepers?

The bridge idea was a bit crazy.

[caisson71]

Young and Hawaii Democrat Senator IN-NO-WAY - as Rush says it - are joined at the hip in supporting each other’s ripoff of the American people. A portion of the money we pay for gas goes toward payment to every Alaskan. There are over 160 programs, sponsored by Senator Inouye and aKAKA, for Hawaiians based solely on their ethnicity, not including State programs.
Young and others like him are legal criminals who could never get away with their activities outside the cesspool of Washington politics.

[Issaquahking]

A portion of the money we pay for gas goes toward payment to every Alaskan. Besides, it's not much when you think about it. It's an account for the most part, that goes to the merchant's at Christmas time.

If you don't like it,quit buying west coast gas.

The Ketchikan bridge may be a bit much, but they need a bridge from Anchorage to the Knik side (or a tunnel) as the Anchorage basin is built out. To all those who think this is outrageous...keep in mind the state of Alaska is owned by the government, not the individual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LAND DISTRIBUTION IN ALASKA

	ACRES	%
Total of all land in Alaska	375,000,000	100%
State owned	106,000,000	28%
Privately owned	1,000,000	0.3%
Owned by the Native Corporation	46,000,000	12%
Owned by the Federal Government	215,000,000	60%

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Total of all land in California	100,000,000
Total of all land in Texas	176,000,000
King Ranch in Texas is over	1,000,000
State Parks in Alaska	3,500,000
Federal Parks in Alaska	105,000,000

 

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States rights in Alaska, seeem to be something America is determined to crush...Might want to consider this organization, to help America stay free!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Personal opinion is that all state land should not belong to the federal government (it sort of puts a crimp in states’ rights). Land could be leased to the federal government, though (for bases, interstate highways, and such).

[Issaquahking]

Check post #5.

The feds have more tied up in parks than the whole state of California.

Alaska and Hawaii both became states in 59. Prior to that the last state to enter the United States was Arizona in 1912.

The government has became a better thief. Knowing the government, bet they never figured individual Alaskans would make a go of it on what they have. If George Washington, and Jefferson were alive today, they'd be leading the charge to get the idiots out of DC. The way the game is currently played, when Stevens, and Young, step down, it will cost the state dearly.

The state had 50 years to select all the lands it wanted (2009) and they still haven't done that. The fed is in control! I don't think you realize what a screwing the state of Alaska is taking.

[ASOC]

Lets get something silly -like facts- out here.

The PFD is a State fund, built from oil royalties (just like Texas or LA get). The interest from the Funds investments is split some for state govt and the rest to the citizens.

It is damn expensive to live in rural Alaska.

For example, the school in Lime Village is heated by diesel oil. The oil has to be flown in - at a cost - for transport - of over $6 a gallon.

For every dollar Alaska gets, how many 10s of thousands does MASS get? Big Dig anyone?

[caisson71]

No argument about the Big Dig = Big Ripoff.

[caisson71]

I don’t buy West Coast gas.
Most of the Western States is owned by the Federal Government.