The Years Of Big Spending In Alaska
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Author | : Citizens Against Government Waste |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2013-09-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 146685314X |
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Author | : Gerald A. McBeath |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780803281493 |
This book examines Alaska's character and the forces shaping it. Underlying their descriptions are the themes of independence, dependence, and the search for sustainable economic development.
Author | : Clive S. Thomas |
Publisher | : University of Alaska Press |
Total Pages | : 1241 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 160223289X |
Politics in Alaska have changed significantly since the last major book on the subject was published more than twenty years ago, with the rise and fall of Sarah Palin and the rise and fall of oil prices being but two of the many developments to alter the political landscape. This book, the most comprehensive on the subject to date, focuses on the question of how beliefs, institutions, personalities, and power interact to shape Alaska politics and public policy. Drawing on these interactions, the contributors explain how and why certain issues get dealt with successfully and others unsuccessfully, and why some issues are taken up quickly while others are not addressed at all. This comprehensive guide to the political climate of Alaska will be essential to anyone studying the politics of America’s largest—and in some ways most unusual—state.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1546 |
Release | : 1953 |
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Author | : Charles P. Wohlforth |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2011-02-25 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1118030486 |
You're in for a scenic, sensory treat! Alaska has 100,000 glaciers and 10 million lakes. Wildlife roams freely across vast spaces, unfettered by fences or roads. Opportunities to experience real wilderness and enjoy outdoor activities abound. You can’t see or do it all, but you can make the most of your time with this friendly guide. Our author, Charles Wohlforth, is a lifelong Alaskan who has been writing about his home as a journalist and author for more than 20 years. Wohlforth received wide critical acclaim for his environmental studies of Alaska. Alaska For Dummies, 5th Edition gives you comprehensive coverage of America's Last Frontier and includes: Anchorage and road trips from Anchorage; Southeast Alaska, including Juneau, Skagway and Sitka; bush Alaska, covering fascinating places in the Arctic; options for visiting by cruise ship; five great itineraries that touch on Alaska’s best destinations; the best places to see marine mammals, birds, humpback whales, black, brown, or polar bears, and other wildlife; the best gold rush towns, including Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, and Nome, where the free-wheeling frontier spirit abides today; the top ten questions to ask an Alaskan, and more. Like every For Dummies travel guide, Alaska For Dummies, 5th Edition includes down-to-earth trip-planning advice, what you shouldn't miss (and what you can skip), the best hotels and restaurants for every budget, and handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Alaska |
ISBN | : |
August 17 hearing was held in Ketchikan, Alaska; August 18, 19 hearings were held in Juneau, Alaska; August 20 hearing was held in Fairbanks, Alaska; August 24, 25 hearings were held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Author | : Nancy Gates |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0882409980 |
Those looking for facts about Alaska turn to Alaska's best known and trusted fact book, The Alaska Alamanc. This affordable, best‐selling guide is filled with accurate, timely facts on the geography, history, economy, employment, recreation, climate, and peoples of this large and diverse state.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Offshore Energy Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Liability for oil pollution damages |
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Author | : Claus M. Naske |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2014-10-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806186135 |
The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 1921 |
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