>>This year's Permanent Fund dividend is a record $2,069.
The dividend, plus a one-time $1,200 "resource rebate" from the state, will be direct-deposited into the accounts of eligible Alaskans next Friday.
Checks for the $3,269 will be mailed to those who asked for their payment that way during the week of Sept. 30, the state has said.<<
Sam -
Gee, no wonder the Governor of Alaska is popular there.
Interestingly, much of this money comes from a windfall tax imposed on the oil companies. It was in pushing that tax through that Celebrity Governor Palin earned her "standing up to the oil companies" credit.
But isn't a windfall tax on the oil companies a Democratic idea, and something that Republicans oppose? Why yes it is, in Washington, DC. In Alaska, Celebrity Governor Palin proposed the tax, and called a special legislative session to push it through.
She also raised sales taxes while Mayor of Wasilla, just for the record.
- Allen |
