Yeah in my homestate (AK) it's like that, people are skeptical of "big government" (which is certainly a good instinct in some ways) but they ironically live in a state that the federal government has been so involved in and dumped so much money into it's sick lol. It's practically a federal outpost in more ways than one
This is from December of last year:
"The measure includes $155 million for military construction projects around Alaska, according to Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. Of that, $79 million will be spent to expand the runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The rest of the money will be used for project at Eielson Air Force Base, and Fort Wainwright."
About $155 million for military construction around Alaska is part of the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Monday by the president.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
Good ol Dan Sullivan's fiscal conservative principles go right out the window the moment he can get his beak wet in some of that sweet, sweet military-industrial complex skrilla...
They've dumped so much money into Eielson alone it's obscene, which is now the proud home of the F-35, one of the biggest spending boondoggles I've ever heard of.
It's one of the ironies of the state. Another one is the simultaneous deep affection for nature, with all the identity that carries for the state, and the eager desire to rape & plunder nature the moment they realize that they can squeeze a few bucks out of it lol, natural world vs corporate world etc
Maybe these other red states have just embraced the dialectic like we have!
