Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature.
Not only that.
Palin calls herself a reformer, but she seems to be following in Republican senator Ted Steven’s (the king of Pork) footsteps.
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
The state of Alaska recives $1.84 for every dollar it pays in federal taxes. That’s third highest behind Mississippi and New Mexico.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:34 am
Not only that.
Palin calls herself a reformer, but she seems to be following in Republican senator Ted Steven’s (the king of Pork) footsteps.
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
The state of Alaska recives $1.84 for every dollar it pays in federal taxes. That’s third highest behind Mississippi and New Mexico.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html
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February 23rd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Next time give credit to your source….
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Yahoo – you cut and pasted directly.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Alaska’s production goes to Japan and China. Oil barons don’t care if your gas is cheap. They only are about making the most profit. All the BS about more drilling has no bearing on your cost of gasl. The only way you can effect that is to consume less and watch the price continue to fall. Putting more oil in their pockets won’t help you one bit. It just makes them richer.
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