Posted on 12/01/2010 5:06:37 AM PST by Skeez
Only 2% of the land is in private hands, the feds stop development at every turn. If Palin ever gets in,it will change as she has dwelt with big oil & the enviros in the past; put them back in their place too. Just wait till you see what happens if she ever is the Pres.
Yes, Alaskans pay sales taxes, different rates in different areas.
No State income tax, just like Texas, FL and other states - I guess you should ask where your dough is going.
As far as that “State check” thing...
Look up “Alaska Permanent Fund” on your search engine and educate yourself, BTW, the state sites have the facts, not speculation. Even the wiki has good information - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund. Payout IS NOT based on length of residency.
Given that unemployment is over 80% in some parts of the State, the PFD check makes the difference between eating or not for far too many folks.
Peace, out.
Alaska has no protection for elected officials against private law suits. This is the mechanism that was used to try to bankrupt Sarah Palin and eventually drove her from office.
Any ideas for a Murkowski ethics challenge (unfounded is just fine, btw)?
Turnabout is not only fair play, but necessary.
And Alaska collects no state state tax. Yes, local sales taxes (ranging from 2 to 5 percent - boo hoo) are levied, but again, at a much lower rate than outside.
Alaska is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, taxed states in the US. So: I'll stick with my original statement: if Alaska wants to spend megamillions of bucks on "infrastructure improvements" it can damn well pay for them itself. Don't pick my pocket for your bridges to nowhere.
How about the Big Dig in Boston? Or any other large ‘project’ in the L48?
BTW - a least 1/2 of the PFD payment money winds up in DC in income taxes, so we are just trying to get some back up here. THe PFD is the single largest transfer of cash to the FedGov in the US.
You are welcome.
I'm all for cancelling that and other big-buck federal boondoggles as well.
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