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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:23 PM Original message |
Why does Alaska even GET federal tax money? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. uncle ted has power. lots of power. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe they pay federal taxes |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's a given, but when you see how do many truly poor states |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Alaska gets $1.84 in federal spending for every $1 paid in federal taxes. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yeah, well the dems should fix that and the iraq war funding too |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. They're a 'treasure trove' of resources that the rest of the states |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. And the state's Population is less than San Bernadino |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Alaska=the welfare state,that should be on their license plates |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I knew this shit would happen when palin got the nod. I knew we |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. in fairness, it's hugely expensive to live there and in the national interest to have people there |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The other rationale |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe they sneaked into the foreign aid recipient list. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. When I was up there last August(2007) |
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