House Passes Spending Bill; Alaska Benefits

Fri, December 11, 2009
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories

The US House passed a massive spending package on Thursday that contains hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska. The omnibus combines 6 spending bills including military construction, transportation, and education, and costs $447 billion. Alaska’s Representative Don Young voted against it with all the House Republicans. But Young says the package does send a lot of money to his home state.

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC

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Rex

Socialism ,takes money and resources from the country and distributes them throughout the population. ( Like the permanent fund ) It does not take the wealth of the country and bailout banks.

BOB PHAIR

DOES SPLITTING THE LOOT STOLEN FROM OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN MAKE IT ALL RIGHT? THE GOAL IS TO BUY ALASKA'S COMPLICITY IN A MASSIVE SOCIALIST TAKEOVER OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR FREEDOM. WOW! WE GET A FEW UNNECESSARY LOCAL PROJECTS IN EXCHANGE FOR NO VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AND NO FREEDOM. WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? BOB

Bobsarchenemy

wow bob you sure do whine alot for living in one of the freest countries in the world, and the reason i know that is because you can sit here and say these things without having to worry if someone is coming to your house tonight to make you take back what you said about the government. Instead of whining on the internet about socialism, why not get off of your whiny butt and get an education, become a politican and fix these so called socialist problems!