# Rep. Young’s receipt of contributions by Chouest amounts to 'legalized bribery'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rep-young-s-receipt-of-contributions-by-chouest-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/16302 "2016-06-09T14:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Drill\_Bill](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Drill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rep-young-s-receipt-of-contributions-by-chouest-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/16302/1 "2016-06-09T14:59:12Z")
that’s at least what his rival and Democratic challenger Steve Lindbeck claims. Interesting long read. > **[Rep. Young’s challenger says his receipt of contributions by a maritime company...](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/energy/2016/06/08/rep-youngs-challenger-says-his-receipt-of-contributions-by-a-maritime-company-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/)** > > Maritime unions are angry that U.S. Rep. Don Young, who they’ve long backed, is supporting a non-union company that is Young’s biggest contributor. Luckily there’s good friends: [https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/741021918657191936](https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/741021918657191936) ---
**Author:** ![tengineer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@tengineer1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tengineer1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rep-young-s-receipt-of-contributions-by-chouest-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/16302/2 "2016-06-09T15:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=Drill Bill;185638]that’s at least what his rival and Democratic challenger Steve Lindbeck claims. Interesting long read. > **[Rep. Young’s challenger says his receipt of contributions by a maritime company...](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/energy/2016/06/08/rep-youngs-challenger-says-his-receipt-of-contributions-by-a-maritime-company-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/)** > > Maritime unions are angry that U.S. Rep. Don Young, who they’ve long backed, is supporting a non-union company that is Young’s biggest contributor. Luckily there’s good friends: [https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/741021918657191936[/QUOTE]](https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/741021918657191936%5B/QUOTE%5D) Says contributions were byECO and employees. So THAT’s where that 401k money went ! ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rep-young-s-receipt-of-contributions-by-chouest-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/16302/3 "2016-06-09T16:20:51Z")
[QUOTE=Drill Bill;185638]that’s at least what his rival and Democratic challenger Steve Lindbeck claims. Interesting long read.[/QUOTE] no surprises here…Uncle Ted Stevens set the standard that the Alaskan congressional delegation now rapaciously meets without hesitation. In no state of the union are the elected representatives more beholden to massive campaign finance contributions from energy and fisheries corporate interests. It is legalized bribery and those like Young and Murkowski as masters at the craft of taking money for legislative favors. . ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rep-young-s-receipt-of-contributions-by-chouest-amounts-to-legalized-bribery/16302/4 "2016-06-28T03:47:31Z")
It’s not just the Alaska Congressional delegation that is lining their pockets with oil industry cash, its the state Legislators too. The oil industry just bought a few Legislators to give the industry a big tax credit subsidy.