Don Young
Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Youngis an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district since March 1973. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Alaska...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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Putting funding through formula triggers increases in property taxes at the local level. Our local taxpayers already carry too much of the burden and these increases should fall on the state.
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Business has always been pretty steady. We're incredibly busy right now. We've got good people who have been here a long time.
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People who are subject to tolling would rather pay a little more at the pump than go through the entire process that tolling encompasses.
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So far, the prices are still pretty decent. Our bean yields are down 30 percent, but our corn just seems to be up to average this year.
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We're looking at staying as long as it takes this time, ... We're going down there basically to make a wage with our equipment.
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Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.
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We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.
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Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.
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Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.
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If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.
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I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution.
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If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore ?
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I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.
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Don't you ever touch me. Don't ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.