Alaskans Protest As Begich Calls Tax Scam Threatening Their Health Care “A Great Bill for Alaska”

Alaskans Protest As Begich Calls Tax Scam Threatening Their Health Care “A Great Bill for Alaska”

Thursday morning, Nick Begich cast the deciding vote for Republicans to pass their Tax Scam, rubber-stamping sweeping health care and food assistance cuts to give permanent tax breaks for the wealthiest few. Begich wasted no time trumpeting it as a “great bill for Alaska.” He also called slashed funding for food assistance programs – which 1 in 10 Alaskans rely on – “healthy.” Begich is already hiding from his recent comments: “Begich’s office d…