puffdamagikdragon
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Hm, you really believe that? Should read this
Local News | Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil | Seattle Times Newspaper
"Alaska collected an estimated $6 billion from the new tax during the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to the Alaska Oil and Gas Association. That helped push the state's total oil revenue from new and existing taxes, as well as royalties to more than $10 billion, double the amount received last year.
While many other states are confronting big budget deficits because of the troubled economy, Alaska officials are in the enviable position of exploring new ways to spend the state's multibillion-dollar budget surplus.
Some of that new cash will end up in the wallets of Alaska's residents.
Palin's administration last week gained legislative approval for a special $1,200 payment to every Alaskan to help cope with gas prices, which are among the highest in the country.
That check will come on top of the annual dividend of about $2,000 that each resident could receive this year from an oil-wealth savings account"
Now wait a damn minute, according to Brutal's eskewed version, that is SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!