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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (422437)10/5/2008 12:14:02 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576615
 
"Z, there's a difference between strategic importance and buying votes through dependency on entitlements."

People were living in Alaska long before the state started to pay them to live there.

"You and CJ are just playing the straw man game."

How so?

"And yes, I do know what a straw man is."

If you do, I can't guess what you see as a straw man.



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (422437)10/5/2008 7:45:11 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576615
 
>Z, there's a difference between strategic importance and buying votes through dependency on entitlements.

It takes spending to run an economy. People in the lower classes spend a larger percentage of what they get than those in the higher classes. I'd say that's strategically important; probably moreso than Alaska. And Palin isn't buying votes through dependency on entitlements? That's exactly what she did.

-Z


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