Considering the amount of pork that other states routinely get from congress...this is a minor league item for most states, but a significant one for Alaska. There aren't alot of grants going up to Alaska. The University of Alaska doesn't get tens of millions in grants to study the boll weavel. There aren't any PhD types out there studying the migration of fire ants to Alaska.
A cursory examination of demographic distribution of federal disbursements shows that per capita, Alaska is the leader in Government largess. (And there are three or four states with less population than Alaska.)
A cursory examination of demographic distribution of federal disbursements shows that per capita, Alaska is the leader in Government largess. (And there are three or four states with less population than Alaska.)
Yes, but the other states have many more people and pay more taxes, so it's only fair that they get the bulk of pork. Whether or not its Alaska's turn to get a boondoggle, that's what this project clearly is.