Reporting from Washington — Joe Miller, the surprise leader in Alaska’s unresolved Republican Senate primary, said Sunday that the growing national debt requires a “belt tightening” that should include cutting back on federal dollars that his state receives.
Miller’s position, which he articulated throughout his campaign against incumbent GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, comes despite Alaska’s historic reliance on federal resources to develop the state’s vast territory.
“The government is going bankrupt. I don’t think anybody can deny it,” he said Sunday on CBS’ “Face The Nation.” “I think the answer to this is to basically transfer the responsibilities and power of government back to the states and the people. That is really the only answer, I think, out of this crisis.”
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MILLER: TRANSFER GOVERNMENT TO STATES, PEOPLE