After coming under fire for using the term “wetbacks,” Rep. Don Young, a Republican from Alaska, said he “meant no disrespect.” The comment in question came during an interview with a local radio station, during which Young spoke about his family’s ranch. “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick… Read more »
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Send him packing: Corrupt GOP Rep. Don Young says he ‘meant no disrespect’ with the slur ‘wetbacks’
Alaska Rep. Don Young is another corrupt, congressional bitter-clinger who needs to be sent back to Alaska. (No disrespect, natch.) The GOP congressman has held his office since 1973 and is under investigation yet again for ethical violations. Don Young is a dirtbag. This is not a recent discovery to conservatives. Alaska should have sent… Read more »
Rep. Young says he meant ‘no disrespect’ by using term ‘wetbacks’
Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young of Alaska says he “meant no disrespect” by a term he used to describe migrant workers during a wide-ranging interview. Source: FOXNews.com
‘I thought I knew what being disabled meant, and I don’t.’
Over the weekend, This American Life and Planet Money ran a story by Chana Joffe-Walt looking at the extraordinary growth of America’s disability insurance system. Joffe-Walt visited Hale County, Ala., where one-in-four residents is on disability, looked at the lawyers who specialized in winning disability cases against the government (and getting paid by taxpayers for… Read more »