Rep. Don Young (R-AK) Fights for His Money

[bbflorance4]

as a resident in new jersey in rep. garrett's district, i disagree with my representative on many issues and he is somebody i do not support...however he is in the right here b/c rep. young is a fraud who all he does is collect money in earmarks from the gov't that is not for education but is instead for unnecessary bridges, including the bridge to nowhere and another one he wants named after himself that is where the money goes...he doesnt care about education but rather his property values

[alexsocc]

he is a wonderful congressman i wish he was in my state

[yt5454]

Of course he's a criminal. He's a republican, isn't he?

[MrJoe53]

As an Alaskan, our rural area education really does suck.Yeah Don Young, Ted Stevens, and Mike Gravel all make Alaska seem odd. But,Don Young comes from Fort Youkon where he was a teacher! Where Gas is well beyond 4 dollars and milk is more. Come to Alaska and see our poorest area. Remote villages u cant get to by land unless its winter and the sled dog or snow machine is ready. I think Don Young has done good for Alaska. Just lay off the alcahol a little Don.

[tracyric]

I'm sorry, but why live there if life is so hard?

I like how Young uses a metaphor of the mink and "those who bite," when he is quoted to have responded to Rep. Garrett by saying "those who bite me will be bitten back."

NJ is a donor state.

[buzzell07]

I'm ashamed to say I'm also Alaskan. Look at all of the controveries this asshole has caused. How can you defend someone that wants to build a $223 million bridge to a village with 50 people? Not to mention he's under investigation for taking bribes from an Anchorage company that's already pled guilty to bribing Alaskan politicians. Thank god Alaska has no real say in national government! I can't wait to move :P

[foolchild0]

I wouldn't want to be in Mr. Young's classroom. Wonder how many little children he's vented on.

[WhaleTourist]

I respectfully submit that Alaska vote a new congressman.

[payton511]

Garrett is one of the most radical conservatives in Congress. He and Don Young deserve each other.

[OgoTomO]

what a drama queen

[OSUisnotgoodatsports]

scumbag

[bbburton]

These guys made a huge pie and are squabbling over the crumbs. The fact is the fed's have taken over everything the states used to regulate (education, roads, public lands, etc.). Ever since the fed's started collecting federal income taxes, revenue sharing has been the buzz word for dividing up the pot. The key to states rights lies in the strings attached to federal dollars. If a state fails to pass legislation to comply with federal law, the funding is cut.

[Y2ANJ]

Anyway, I don't know if at the beginning the representative was referring to Scott Garrett but Garrett represents one of the richer parts of the state (northwest). Overall the state does have one of the better educational systems in the country but there are tremendous differences in quality of education between the suburban areas and urban areas (like Newark, Paterson, etc...).

[safuna]

How much did this guy demand for his "bridge to nowhere"? I think it was $223 million or something like that.

And he threw a fit when the money was cut for "his" bridge.

[Y2ANJ]

That was Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska not this guy. I don't know what his position was on this.

[safuna]

Sorry, must have been Stevens who flipped out. But Young was definitely a force behind the project.

[MrJoe53]

Yeah the Bridge to no-where was Don Young cause it was to be nammed after him from ADN.

[safuna]

An instant classic. "My money. My money."

[coolal19]

New Jersey: The geographic "armpit" of the Continental United States. :)

[Blahcetera]

I say loud words!

I pound the podium!

Thus everything I say is correct!

[bradleee524]

i'm from jersey and I hate our representatives, we get shit funding for education and we have one of the richest states. I pushed our state legislature to do something about this but they complained about the feds. now i see how messed up our state really is. we have no right to take funding from Alaska or any other state, we just need some sort of funding because all the students here are getting screwed.

[berniebear]

If you weren''t sending taxes to Washington, but kept it there in NJ, you would not have the problem, would you? Check out RonPaul2008.

[hohe1238]

Well said sir.