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Louise said on Friday, May 13 at 6:45 PM
Stopping the illegal wars would be a great beginning. Then rein in those huge corporations they have no heart or conscience so they do not care how much damage they do to people or the environment and they have so much control when they are found out they do not even get a slap on the wrist. Ask anyone near any of the oil or other contaminating spills. If the oil in Alaska is mined it should be done by Alaskans for Alaska I would be happy is they used the permanent fund to do it. We need to get rid of government handouts.
67032802Anonymous said on Monday, Apr 25 at 2:42 PM
If we got rid of the no bid contracts, stopped paying Haliburton and friends $25.00 for each and every paper plate they send to the solders in the Middle East, cut the military secret black opps which gets millions or probably billions by now (and who knows where all that money really goes as it's a secret- it probably goes into someone's pocket or is spent in ways most of us would feel is despicable- injecting people with syphilis or evil mind control experiments for instance) Then, and I know this is a real stretch- but then if we started minding our business and stopped policing the world and brought our troops home to do stuff like guard the borders or patch failing bridges we might save enough to keep SS and medicare. We could come out of debt even faster if we stopped giving food stamps,bilingual teachers, medical care, SS and other assistance to every bum who comes illegally slithering across our borders when no one is looking. Stop giving billions to other countries.
65730562chris1749 said on Monday, Apr 25 at 10:14 AM
I agree that Don Young has been there in WDC for too long; but am very glad he has abandoned the RHINO/liberal leaning stance to vote and stand for reduction in spending. Whatever amount of taxes that is decided upon will not make any difference if spending continues at the same rate, allowing the oppressive Federal government to continue its drunken sailor mentality destroying the economy. Changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security may not be possible without some serious cuts. But I for one will tell you, I will sacrifice all my medicaid, medicare and Social Security benefits if this can be the last day of Owebama. Please everyone this country needs serious help and we need to be together if we expect to see America continue to be a great country.
65710987Drew said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 12:54 PM
Government is set up in the first place for the protection of personal property. The wealthy have more personal property to protect. They should pay a proportional amount. If the CEO is making 400 times as much as his average worker, he probably has 4,000 times as much personal property - he should pay 4,000 times as much to have his personal property protected. To argue that the wealthy create jobs is incorrect. With the current tax scheme they actually destroy many more jobs than they create because most of their savings go into financials but at the same time, those people with less capital but better ideas and a better work ethic get shut out of the market. If you support a free and fair market, support higher taxes for the wealthy.
65661627Consumer said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 12:42 PM
Everything could be solved with a consumption tax. Everything you buy has a fixed tax associated with the purchase. We would recoup money from people who dont want to pay their fair share or drug dealers and their associates. This would do away with the Tax system/IRS and everyone will pay thier fair share. This richer want a more expensive car they pay more tax. There would be no loop-holes
65661247S.Cunningham said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 12:30 PM
Another comment: The Rich are NOT paying their fair share. In a lot of cases they pay NOTHING. The Republicans are so willing to end medicare and cut education and other essential programs just so they can give more to their big business and rich friends. Trickle down economics does not work. The Bush tax cuts DID NOT create jobs or help the economy, they just drove up the debt. Bush didn't have to raise taxes for his two illegal wars or his give-aways to the rich - he simply borrowed the money from the Chinese. Get your facts straight, perhaps some of you should turn off the Fox news channel and stop listening to that idiot Rush - do some independent research on your own for the love of God.
65660827S. Cunningham said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 12:11 PM
Don Young is towing the Republican line, which according to all recent polls has about 20% support across America. Americans DO NOT support the gutting of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social security in order to give more tax breaks and taxpayer money to the filthy rich. It's time that we DO raise taxes on the top wage earners. We have to pay down our debt and it's time these people pay their fare share. Why should regular working class people have to continue to be the slaves of the rich and the multi-national corporations? End the Bush tax cuts, get out of the now three idiot wars, and stop borrowing money from the Chinese! And no more bale-outs for the effin' banks and wall street. Regulate these criminals so they will stop speculation which has created higher than high gas prices. I supported Don Young when he refused to vote for the two huge give-aways: The Bush stimulus and the Obama stimulus to the banks and wall street. But now he's just not realistic.
65660212True American said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 9:10 AM
Hey AK_EW. Get a job making 2,000,000 and quit crying because someone has more than you. America was not formed to be a socialist society where the rich takes care of the poor. This country was created to get away from that type of mentality. Fair is fair. If I pay 20 dollars for a pair of shoes, should you pay 80 because you have more money. That's how our tax system is designed. The rich pay more for the same services you and I get. It's unfair and Un American. FLAT Tax is the answer. The rich will pay more. It's not about what someone can afford. That's called "Punishment for success".
65654549True American said on Sunday, Apr 24 at 9:01 AM
Any idiot that thinks higher taxes is the answer...is just another idiot. Common since says...if the checking account is empty, don't write a check. When my check book is empty, my boss don't give me a raise! Dah
65654119Homunculis said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 11:09 PM
A federal value added tax of 3% would change our nations current fortunes rapidly. The NY Times reported indoor pot growers are responsible for 1% of electricity use in the united states. The 1% is generating billions upon billions of dollars, that in turn go into the shadow economy as nontaxable. And thats just Marijuana! There are billions of dollars spent in America daily, gained through illicit means, that could be taxed at the register through federal V.A.T Reduce the tax burden to 32% of income. And add a national value added tax of three percent. We are at 35% of taxable income now, this would spread the burden equally, lower payroll taxes, and capture income otherwise lost to the shadow economy. The only problem D.C would have with this solution is it can actually work and produce results. And such solutions have been traditionally anathema in Washington D.C
65636464AK_EW said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:34 PM
Stan: I love the idea of a flat tax. Sounds perfect, right? Everyone shares an equal financial stake in our budget, and there's no bias. That's not exactly true though. A person who makes $20,000 a year and a person who makes $2,000,000 a year have very different financial realities. 35 percent of 2 mil. still leaves you with 1.3 million dollars, which is enough money to buy what you need and a hell of a lot more. 15 percent of 20,000 is three thousand dollars, which, when you're making a wage that puts you below the poverty line, can make all the difference in the world. That's a year's worth of car insurance, or groceries, or a lot of things. The current state of the country is proof enough that trickle down isn't working. The rich shouldn't be punished for their success, but we should remember how blessed we are to live in a country that allows 10 % of the population to control 90 % of the wealth when so many are suffering from the results of negligent fiscal policy.
65635992SAM BURLESON said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:27 PM
i agree with you i dont like taxes high hate then now gas rate high ... obama is crazy person and not good job obama he play and fool you ...
65635897Dwill_AK said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:12 PM
To: Bud Bennett I would like to know where u get your numbers from. I have checked alot of source, left, right and middle and nowhere can I find where the "rich" pay 90% of the nations taxs. Please give me your source so I can verify.
65635637Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:07 PM
I would support a 15% tax across the board: no loopholes or deductions.
65635527Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 5:16 PM
Don Young is a criminal. He will get his if there is any justice in the world. His funny reelection results along with merkowsky. CRIMINALS
65624442Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 4:33 PM
Don Young has long been a schill of the rich. He is willing to hurt the middle class to protect his cronies. Vote him out, please!!!!!!
65622864Bud Bennett said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 4:22 PM
Stan 100% agreed. Everyone pays the same percentage. I used to pay like 5% of my income - years later after working harder than the next guy and losing most of my family I get the opportunity to pay nearly 50% of what I earn. Hows that for fair?
65622509Bud Bennett said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 4:21 PM
James - Yes innocence costs a LOT of money this I know. All it takes is a malicious accusation no matter how crazy it might sound and badabing you are paying through the nose for legal fees and still can't figure out why.
65622429Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 2:11 PM
Let's just vote the people out of the House and Senate who can't do their jobs, and the ones that are still there as well as the President don't pay them. As it is they are getting paid and not doing anything except making excuses.
65617737Stan said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 1:34 PM
OK. you want fair? Let's just do a 15% tax across the board, rich and poor. I think it's about time all the non-rich contributed to supporting our country. I don't see how it's "fair" for half of the country to support the other half. Let's tax EVERYONE the same percentage, shall we?
65616402Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 12:35 PM
don young continues his struggle with reality...
65614137James Brogan said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 12:07 PM
Don Young spent a million dollars in legal fees to fend off accusations that he committed quid pro quo illegalities with Florida land developers and used his office to enrichen himself. Here's a simple question. Does innocence cost a million dollars? Falsely accused? Young? Ha!
65613109unitypeace said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 11:33 AM
Don Young is part of the problem when it comes to outsourcing American jobs. He encourages moving American jobs offshore at a time when we are suffering from high unemployment, when multinational companies should be discouraged from doing this by tariffing their imports to the United States. The collected tariff/tax could be used to subsidize domestic small buisness, and in addition would discourage the outsourcing.
65611779Mike said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 11:13 AM
I believe the american people are in the middle of political ignorance. If the democrats would not be so willing to offer services to everyone including illegal imigrants, and the republicans were willing to understand that the rich do need to pay there fair share, not just to support our economy then this country would prosper beyond belief. However GOP = keep the rich rich and the democrats believe we have to save the world.
65611072Bud Bennett said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 11:12 AM
I only wish I were rich but my interactions with people both poor as well as more wealthy have shown that people who have more tend to give more. People with less have tendencies to be ummm stingy with what they have. So when it comes time to find tax loopholes you can bet your last buck the lower income guy is going to do whatever they can to not pay.
65611022The Alaskan Hermit said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:08 AM
You people here in the comments section don't seem to get it. I'm surprised at you that you let our govenor sign away oil taxes (reduced them he did) and now that someone's got this big idea to tax the people, you think it would be ok for working people (above the poor limit of $22,000) to pay for taxes none of us poor people want to pay. Where are your heas at??? Get alife , we poor also have to pay whatever taxes you insist on, we don't have the voice the real working people have. We are stuck with what you dictate too us. Think before you leap, please...
65608329Misty Circle said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:06 AM
Most people forget that FDR is the one who really began the upward spiral in the income tax. The numerous social programs he funded were supposed to pull America out of the Great Depression. They didn't. It was the creation of jobs brought on by WWII that got America back on its feet. Increased taxes do not create jobs, nor do they improve the economy. Promising to tax "The Rich" is, and always has been, a ploy to get votes from people who do not understand economics, and do not take the time to learn their own history.
65608237The Alaskan Hermit said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 10:05 AM
You people here in the comments section don't seem to get it. I'm surprised at you that you let our govenor sign away oil taxes (reduced them he did) and now that someone's got this big idea to tax the people, you think it would be ok for working people (above the poor limit of $22,000) to pay for taxes none of us poor people want to pay. Where are your heas at??? Get alife , we poor also have to pay whatever taxes you insist on, we don't have the voice the real working people have. We are stuck with what you dictate too us. Think before you leap, please...
65608219Anonymous said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 9:28 AM
tax boomers, the population buldge is driving the deficit
65606499Boomer said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 9:13 AM
Tax ENVIRONMENTALISTS they kill JOBS.
65605882bertb said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 8:56 AM
Bring back the 90's tax rates for all Tax cuts did not grow jobs in the last decade. For our current tax system to work you need a booming economy, otherwise all the tax cuts just increase the deficit. The biggest problem for our economy is that jobs growth is slow after the backing crisis.
65604887Bud Bennett said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 8:19 AM
You are mostly very funny. Soooo tax the rich more eh? Alright then. They already pay 90% of the national tax but hey let's take more from them. But tell you what.. increase on them isn't "fair" right. So let's make the increased equally across the board and let's tax those that don't pay taxes too. Which I will bet 1/2 of you are in that category.
65602904Big Dan said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 7:13 AM
Flat tax, 10 percent across the board, no deductions.
65598954houston3610 said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 6:58 AM
As far as Don Young goes, the only time he does anything for Alaska, is so he can help himself first.@ Wendy. I don't know where you got all your information, but in most cases the Rich folks have so many loopholes that in fact they pay very little taxes. And most of those the keep employed are either Illegal Aliens, or people in other countries, because they have outsourced the jobs to China, India, Pakastan or any number of other countries.
65597999Bill said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 4:09 AM
It's time that this "good ole' boy" took a hike. The times changed long-ago, but this demagogue STILL has his head in the "talk-radio", "G.D. Liberals" sand.
65589544bddg said on Saturday, Apr 23 at 3:59 AM
Don Young has been trying to steal the permanent fund from every Alaskan for years. I wouldn,t believe a single word that D.C. hack said.
65589207arcticdj said on Friday, Apr 22 at 11:30 PM
Tax the rich more, put bigger tariff's on imports, and the higher cost thereof is all passed on to the consumer.
65584207anon said on Friday, Apr 22 at 11:17 PM
eat a johnson Don.
65584044Anonymous said on Friday, Apr 22 at 11:17 PM
eat a johnson don!
65584034Anonymous said on Friday, Apr 22 at 11:00 PM
tax the rich; they pay nothing.
65583677Jing said on Friday, Apr 22 at 10:02 PM
I won't support Texas, either.
65582337unitypeace said on Friday, Apr 22 at 9:46 PM
Multinational corporations should be selectively tariffed on goods imported to the United States (to include the companies that were once American and have now spread throughout the world), taking the collected tariffs and injecting into the domestic small business community to offset the effects of the outsourcing of American jobs, discouraging outsourcing and building domestic small business from within. The subsidy of select small businesses would allow for the competition against much larger corporations enabling them to survive.
65581887Anonymous said on Friday, Apr 22 at 9:45 PM
Multinational corporations should be selectively tariffed on goods imported to the United States (to include the companies that were once American and have now spread throughout the world), taking the collected tariffs and injecting into the domestic small business community to offset the effects of the outsourcing of American jobs, discouraging outsourcing and building domestic small business from within. The subsidy of select small businesses would allow for the competition against much larger corporations enabling them to survive.
65581867Wendy said on Friday, Apr 22 at 9:26 PM
@Barbara, Rich people pay more taxes than anyone else, even when they use write-offs for some things...most of which keep someone employed. Anyone can be selfish, whether rich or poor (and who are YOU to assume all rich people are selfish anyway?), but at least the rich provide JOBS in most cases.
65581294Tewrry said on Friday, Apr 22 at 8:20 PM
Stop spending and there is no need for any tax increase
65578352Barbara said on Friday, Apr 22 at 8:13 PM
I will support tax increases for everyone on an across the board %. 5% increase for everyone! Rich or poor. The increase on 35,000 will be $1,750....5% increase on income of $200,000 will be $10,000. Seems fair to me. I been paying for America's Infrastructure for 40 years! I think it's time the rich helped pave those roads they drive their Mercedes on and help pay for utility maintenance they burn up and write off. I believe if the RICH stopped being so SELFISH, they would find life is better helping their country and it's citizens. Don Young has never had my vote and never will.
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