[nhwingut]

in what the New York Times called a "major oil tax increase"

Enough said.

This wasn't a tax per se like a gas tax in New Jersey. Alaska is an oil rich state, and she worked a deal to make the citizens shareholders - as for years the Murkowskis and the oil company cronies ran the state... and used and abused its natural resources as their own piggy bank.

Now that she's gone, the Murkowski Mafia and the Oil cronies are back in control. And the governor sees the writing on the wall, hence the so called tax cut to oil companies.

[Rational Thought]

From the article;

Of course, it's ironic that one of Palin's signature legacies in the state is a tax increase -- something she understandably doesn't talk much about these days.

No bias here at all .

Here is the truth on that legislation;

www.Free Republic.com

[elpadre]

As I recall, the tax increase was put into place so as to give Alaskans a piece of the action. If this the same tax to which I refer, she said that since the oil companies were taking oil from the Alaskan soil, that those who resided in the land should have some return which they received from the tax. Usually when you think of tax you think of money taken from people and corporations and given to the government. In this case it a portion of profits going to the land owners. Am I missing something here??

[lewislynn]

Republicans want to lower Palin's tax increase in Alaska

So who's stopping them?

Oh, I get it pissant. It's not about the tax, it's about Palin. And your like minded Palin despising NY Times loves taxes, except when Palin raises them.

I wonder if when they reduce the tax they'll also reduce the checks to Alaskan citizens? Or maybe some of you Palin hating dimwits didn't know that's where the money goes.

Hey all you freeloading Alaskans receiving that dirty Palin oil money...send it back.