And the Alaska Journal of Commerce talks about the $1200 rebate — so, yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, or Santa Clausette as the case may be:
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/081708/oil_20080817028.shtml
So, have I done enough heavy lifting on the ‘do your research for you’ front that anyone would care to address the policy implications of Governor Palin’s positions on these matters?
Who did you want McCain to choose?
This ugly wench with a huge nose (I don’t like being mean but she is really ugly) from Obambi’s camp is spinning so much and Martha McCallum is really giving it to her as to the experience factor between Palin and Bambi. The dems are trying to say that Palin is inexperienced!!! That is the pot calling the kettle black in a huge way...this is too funny and will piss women off because it does seem that since Bambi is a man HE is more qualified than a woman who is a Governor! The Hillary supporters have been pissed about sexism and this shows they have not learned their lesson. I hope they keep it up as it will help us to get more dems voting for our guy! They are running scared and they know their base is not fired up as they try to protray, they are divided and have lost a lot of the Hillary supporters. Some that said they were just going to stay home are now saying they want McCain, many of them are saying that they are done with the DNC and are saying nice stuff about the RNC. It is like their liberal eyes are finally opening! Hallelujah! It’s a miracle! LOL
I'd love to.
First, I'll point out that the State of Alaska owns the Prudhoe Bay oilfields and the oil companies who lease the fields are renters and not owners.
As renters, they are essentially business partners of Alaska, or contractors who have bid for the opportunity to use Alaska's resources.
Alaska, as owner of the property, has the right to raise the rent on the property as they see fit, or do anything else that will help Alaska - the owner - to maximize its profits.
The more Alaska maximizes the profits from the asset it owns, the less of a tax burden it has to place on the assets its citizens own.
So while the rent Alaska charges is called a "tax" it isn't quite the same as when a government taxes someone else's property to charge them for the privilege of using their own property.
In this case, Alaska is charging rent to the comapnies that want to use Alaska's property.
And, as a taxpayer, I think the best possible outcome is for a state executive to maximize the profits from a state asset to fund the state budget rather than tax my assets to fund the state budget.
BTW, your second "research" link does not discuss the oil field tax increase - but it does discuss the fuel tax decrease that Governor Palin put through to give relief to the Alaskan taxpayer.