Don Young's Arrogance
Don Young's Arrogance Knows No Bounds
Calls for a Tax Increase on Gasoline
Washington - Anyone who's watched Don Young waste billions of dollars on outrageous pork projects knows the Alaska representative has long disregarded the interests of American taxpayers. Now, Rep. Young is taking his disregard to the next level, proposing a dollar-per-gallon gasoline tax as Americans across the country are being hit with record-high prices at the pump.
Americans are already overtaxed and certainly don't need a new tax on gasoline, especially when commodity prices are rising through the roof. This proposal is all the more egregious when it is all but certain Young will attempt to spend the new tax dollars on wasteful pork projects.
Over his thirty-plus years in Congress, Don Young has accumulated a vast array of pork projects on the backs of American taxpayers. Last year, when Rep. Scott Garrett sought to eliminate money for one of Young's pork projects, Young defended the project, yelling: "You want my money, my money!" Young was also partially responsible for earmarking $223 million for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska. It is clear that Don Young thinks taxpayer dollars are his to do with as he pleases-the more wasteful the better.
"Don Young's disrespect for taxpayers is all the more insulting when it produces economically harmful policies," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "This is true whether we are talking about Young's insatiable appetite for wasteful pork projects or his desire to impose higher taxes on American taxpayers. In both cases, Young is taking money out of the private sector that would be used to help the economy grow. Taxpayers and the economy would be much better off if Young took a hands-off approach."
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