[TorahTrueJew]

I have often wondered about that windfall profits tax and handouts from the oil industry to Alaskans. As much as I like Sarah as a person, she does seem a bit like GWB on economic issues.

Remember how she said helping the disabled was part of her plan? How we need to help those “special people”? Just how so? Unless the help comes in the form of an across-the-board tax cut that makes life easier for all, then what does she mean? more gov’t programs?

I think the article makes some good points, and I’m a Sarah fan.

[vbmoneyspender]

Are you familiar with what happens in countries where oil profits are controlled by either the state and/or large corporations. Try these names on for size: Nigeria, Saudia Arabia, Mexico, Russia, Venezuela. After rolling those names around in your brain for awhile - let me know what you think they have in common.

Once you have figured out the answer, then you may see why disbursing oil profits directly to the citizenry is a good idea.