[normy]

You know Palin teamed with the Dems in the Alaskan congress to pass a windfall tax on oil companies. She enjoyed an 80% approval rating as those $1200 checks were being sent out and it boosted the Alaskan revenue tremendously. I wonder if she has any plans to tax Big Oil and disperse checks to the American voter?

By the way, as a 10th Amendment guy, Alaska can tax anyone they want. If they think profit from state owned land that produces oil should go to the people via tax hikes on the oil companies, so be it. Alaska is in a unique position to do that. It's just not a very conservative sounding approach, nor is governing for half a term and quitting.

[Balding_Eagle]

It's just not a very conservative sounding approach, nor is governing for half a term and quitting.

The Alaska Constitution, as it relates to natural resources isn't very conservative, however, that's the framework all the governors had to work within.

Prior to Palin, the governors decided to screw the people, keeping the spoils for themselves.

Palin changed that, spreading the spoils around to everyone.

To someone like you, that may not be fair, but the citizens of Alaska thought otherwise, and they are the ones who count.