You are nuts if you think that the IRS should take my tax dollars at gunpoint so 50 of your state citizens can have a bridge to get off their island.
I don't mind Alaska getting its share of the federal pie ( though I'd prefer if we just did away with the federal pie entirely ). But its going to have to have some purpose. For that kind of capital investment of my tax dollars I demand a better return that 50 people being happy about it.
Good Lord.
"though I'd prefer if we just did away with the federal pie entirely "
That's the conservative position, but too often it is lost around here.
Instead of saying "why is the government taking my tax money on gas and then making me beg for it back?", people are asking "why can't we have our pork, too? Damn it, we can come up with agood reason for it! If we spend $250 million, it might produce an extra $2 million a year in economic activity!!!"
I think people really need to re-examine what they believe in and get back to the basics, instead of arguing about how THIS pork or THAT pork is justifiable because "gee, we really could use it!".