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Posted on 08/18/2011 6:42:04 AM PDT by Anamnesis
Let not get silly here, Palin isn't perfect, and has her flaws just like the rest of them.
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I think it is time to quit talking about Sarah Palin. Looks like Conservatives need to come together for Rick Perry as he is the locical person to take the nomination from Romney and beat Obama, which is the ultimate objective.
The oil companies do not own the natural resources of the state, the people of Alaska do as per the state constitution. They are essentially paying royalties to be allowed to extract the oil.
In this case, the State of Alaska is participating in the free market, and it is the role of the CEO to get the best possible deal for her shareholders.
Being conservative and ethical means being pro-free market, not pro-big business. You can argue whether some of the numbers could be modified for the benefit of it all in order to adjust the current situation, but on principle what Palin did was perfectly in line with conservative though, ethics, and the Constitution of Alaska.
Why?
BTW, thank you for your service.
absolutely correct.
I’ve criticised Palin on a number of things.
(including illegal immigration.)
but, the point is this article is valid.
making a big deal about “executive experience” is fine.
but, a failed executive, who doesn’t fix problems,
who grows the government, making it BIGGER,
when big government and spending is the problem,
is worse than NO executive experience!
Palin is weak on immigration, etc. how about discussing something more important, than oil companies which did fine under her?
i have 3 main issues.
1) Cut spending and shrink government.
2) stop illegal immigration.
(preferably by stopping benefits. AND building a fence!)
3) stop Islam.
(no sharia law, no special treatment of Islam.
and any candidate who praises the “Religion of Peace”,
and quotes approvingly from the Quran, is a NON-STARTER.)
personally, i dislike Bachmann. but right now, others like Perry (who endorsed Guiliani and AL GORE!), aren’t even close to her on these 3.
our CHILDREN are in debt 14 trillion - $92,000 each !!!
...the picture worth 10,000 words here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2759341/posts?page=2#2
who has a RECORD of cutting government?
WHICH candidate, with or without “executive experience”,
will fix that?!?
The Oil Company profits were made off of resources owned by the people of Alaska. Yes, it is ethical to take royalties from the Companies and pay it to the people who own the resources, just as the companies have to do when they drill on private property and don't own the mineral rights. Sarah may not be perfect but she was eithical and conservative in this move and this was not an example of a flaw.
However, your thinking is severely flawed.
Those funds were not oil company profits, they were royalties the oil companies paid for the prvilege of taking oil out of land owned by the people of the state of Alaska.
Now if you don't think the people of Alaska should own natural resources - who do you think should own it? How would this be determined and who would profit?
so, the citizens of alaska “collectively” own the natural resources?
how is that not real socialism?
well hot dang! using that reasoning, EVERYTHING should be redistributed to “the people” !
hm... wait... that’s called communism.
Because I don’t believe she has any intention of running but does have a vested interest of keeping the talk alive. I wouldn’t be surprised to see he go on the stump for Perry in the late fall of this year.
Does that mean you lean toward the "she's in it for the money crowd"?
Dear Palin experts:
Is the term "cut," used here, the normal English-language use of the term "cut," (fewer dollars spent this year than last year) or the Washingtonian Kabuki-Cuckoo talk (where "cut" = slight reduction in the rapid rate of spending acceleration)?
I'm not denying she cut (normal English) the budget, I'm just asking if we are talking Apples and not Obama's Oranges.
I don’t blame her for trying to earn money and the longer the talk of her running is kept alive, the crowds will be there and the speaking fees or potential book sales will be high. Nothing wrong with that. It’s old fashioned capitalism.
Now that was just stupid.
Who do you think should own Alaska’s natural resources and how do you think that should be determined?
Are you against the owners of a product negotiating a better deal, or are you against the people owning natural resources?
Do you think sweetheart deals made by corrupt politicians to oil companies are some sort of sacred compact never to be renegotiated?
Or are you just trying to throw mud knowing you are wrong but not caring, just hoping to get more mud on your target than yourself?
I await a reasoned response - most likely in vain.
[ It’s somehow “ethical” to take oil company profits and “redistribute” them to the people? ]
She didn’t do that...
The “OIL” belongs to the people NOT the oil companies.. -OR the federal government..
They should pay royalties to “the (State) people”... as well as mining and logging companys.. AND commercial fishermen..
Which they do... at least in Alaska..
**Note: the federal government OWNING land or any resource in any State is completely politically OBSCENE..
I take that as a “yes”. :)
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