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Politics : Sarah Palin - Is She Hot or Not? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (235)9/5/2008 6:39:58 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 781
 
returning money from drilling back to the citizens is a good idea

Absolutely, but Alaska has been doing that for years. This was new.

From an economics standpoint, simply giving cash away is not the best use of money. Improved infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc., are the kind of things that make productive use of that capital for decades.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (235)9/5/2008 6:47:25 PM
From: carranza2  Respond to of 781
 
And this is her Hugo Chavez-like tax program on the oilcos. Not too successful. BP and COP dialed back their Alaska projects as a result.

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