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Still using the 'we've only been a state for 48 years and need to get services up to the standards of the rest of the country' scam.

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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -- James Madison

I'm not going to defend every piece of pork that goes into Alaska, but if you don't recognize that Alaska has a rather special set of infrastructure needs, then you're just ignorant of Alaska. And it's not exactly like the rest of the country doesn't get anything out of Alaska.

The point of my comment, as you will notice, was merely to address Bluey's contention that it didn't make sense to have an immigration in Fairbanks, since Fairbanks is in the middle of the state. If you have some information as to why an immigration office in Nome makes more sense to service immigrants coming in from Canada, then I'm all ears. Otherwise you can cut the snide remarks.

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

-John Locke

streaming into Alaska? Heck the population in Anchorage is more diverse than any city I've ever visited. But given that the population of Alaska is only 700K or so, are there really that many illegals there to worry about? We want to protect oil fields and oil lines and such from terrorists, but how much border protection dough does it make sense to put there?

that a "Citizenship and Immigration Services Office" is exclusively or primarily for illegal immigrants.

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

-John Locke

That I don't have enough information to say with any certainty whether Alaska needs such an office, period, I'm only saying that if you're going to give them one, Fairbanks would not only be a reasonable place to put it, but probably the best place to put it.

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

-John Locke

But the office in Fairbanks makes about 10,000 times more sense than an immigrations and custom enforcement office in Monticello, UT. You might as well put it in Bismarck, ND.
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the expense and need for this in Alaska. Wouldn't it make more sense to add offices where there is more illegal immigration volume.

Another 'bridge to nowhere', and yes it looks scammy. Alaska has been a state for 47 years, the "we're a young state and need more earmarks per citizen" argument is a tired one.
And certainly NOT a conservative one.
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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -- James Madison

I wasn't aware that it was non-conservative to suggest that government should be in the business of providing infrastructure, especially where the private sector lacks sufficient incentive for doing so. Silly liberal me advocating that the government should, for instance, build roads.

Again, your comments indicate that you know basically nothing about Alaska. Not only is 47 years about 100 less years than most states have had, but also unlike other states, there wasn't significant settlement in Alaska before statehood that would have started the process of infrastructure-building. Not only that, but Alaska is a state that's more than twice as large as Texas geographically, and is which has a whole lot of permafrost, which makes building difficult, and mountainous territory, which compounds the problem.

But you're right, it's truly a scam that we keep sending money to Alaska at all... the bastards should be on their feet by now. I wonder if Russia would be interested in having it back?

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

-John Locke

Alaska is the wealthiest state per capita by far of all the states and has a large amount of tax revenue from oil. So, yea, let them build their own roads.

"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle

Under this theory that other states with high per capita wealth get to pay for their own roads also, or is only Alaska getting singled out? Also, since they are now to be responsible for their own infrastrucutre, will they be given restitution for the raw materials that have been extracted from the state for the benefit of the "lower 48"?

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

-John Locke

on infrastructure and Invest in the state's future.
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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -- James Madison

It only has a little over $39,000,000,000 in it. What's wrong with setting aside a tiny bit of money?

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