Washington, D.C., is broken.I don't think that's a controversial statement anymore.
Eighty-three percent of Americans support term limits on Congress — and even more Alaskans do — and approval of Congress sits at around 12%.People aren't wrong to feel that way.I say this as someone who's been there.
I went to Congress to carry on the legacy of my Republican predecessor, Don Young, who spent decades putting Alaska first by working across the aisle and delivering real results.What I found was different: a place more focused on staying in power than getting things done, on trading stocks than passing laws, on keeping donors happy than keeping constituents afloat.SENATE PLOTS PERMANENT END TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS WITH BIPARTISAN PUSHCongress has become a performance.
And working people are paying for it.Corruption dominates.Our officials trade stocks while having access to insider information.
They take meetings with the special interests bleeding working people dry.And while they're cashing in, their constituents are facing skyrocketing prices.I see it everywhere I go in Alaska.
This used to be a place of abundance.Now, in every city, town and village, I hear the same thing: groceries and gas are through the roof, buying a home feels impossible, and people are choosing between heating their houses and putting food on the table.
That's not a red problem or a blue problem.That's what happens when the people making decisions in Washington have stopped feeling the consequences of those decisions.TRUMP VOTERS SAY COSTS ARE CRUSHING THEIR WALLETS — BUT LOOK PAST PRESIDENT FOR BLAMEThe reason immigration hasn't been fixed in decades isn't that it's too hard for us to wrap our heads around.
It's that the system rewards politicians for fighting about it, not solving it.The same goes for the cost of living, drug prices, housing — you name it.
Career politicians have every incentive to keep the fight going and no real deadline to deliver.That's the problem term li...