[Lee'sGhost]

The question isn’t whether spending rose (I really don’t know the answer to that), the question should be, did spending go beyond revenues?

If we accept that a state government SHOULD spend a certain about on certain things, then they have to increasing spending as the population increases. There is nothing inherently wrong with that. However, if they increase taxes just to spend money on new crap that’s not needed and not connected to the legitimate increase I suggested above, then that’s wrong.

Again, don’t know the answer to that. Just saying, “increased spending” alone does not give conservatives “permission” to damn a politician all by itself.

[CharlesWayneCT]

According to the same link i used just above this, the debt increased a small amount in Alaska during the years she was in office (DEBT):

2005 - $5.8 billion
2006 - $6.3 billion
2007 - $6.5 billion
2008 - $6.5 billion
2009 - $6.6 billion