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To: Cogito who wrote (143059)8/25/2010 7:21:01 PM
From: arno  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 540882
 
who each receive Permanent Fund payments from their State Government annually,

Actually, the funds don't come from the State Government. The Permanent Fund checks are derived from oil leases and royalties from oil companies.



To: Cogito who wrote (143059)8/25/2010 8:20:43 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540882
 
If Miller wins the primary, we could see a concerted effort from national Democrats to flip Alaska into the blue column during the general. Miller's positions are kind of "out there", like wanting to phase out Social Security and Medicare.