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What's not on the table: Legislator Salary padding #2 During the regular session in Juneau, legislators get about $235/day for lodging and food. A recent House report shows that Rep. Reinbold paid $850 in rent plus $100 in utilities, a total of $950/month. Rep. Vasquez paid $650 in rent, plus $100 in utilities, a tot...
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The reckless and incompetent Kelly and Mackinnion are trying to raise property taxes for homeowners by dumping more of the state pension obligations on local governments. These Republicans are giving away our oil to Exxon, and pushing higher taxes on the people they are supposed to represent.
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What’s not on the table: Legislator Salary padding #3 Ask Sen. McGuire why she and Majority colleagues like Sen. Giessel and Reps. Neuman and Keller looted the state treasury by claiming per diem at the federal rate of $292 per day for lodging and food while living at home during the 2015 Anchorage special session- wi...
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Yes. Cities and school districts (REAA's) in the unorganized borough will be hit with huge additional costs...while legislators keep all their perks, including salary padding, in place.
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1st the Alaska GOP pinch the seniors so many will have to move out-state, many to never return; the Alaska GOP pinch and degrade the schools and students, so families move to assure quality education for their children, leaving to pass the savings to corrections and prison system; and now the Alaska GOP Legislature wan...
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Nice to see a few arts articles.
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1st the Alaska GOP pinch the seniors so many will have to move out-state, many to never return; the Alaska GOP pinch and degrade the schools and students, so families move to assure quality education for their children, leaving to pass the savings to corrections and prison system; and now the Alaska GOP Legislature wan...
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Perhaps it was for the best.
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I would agree that there is bias in the system. I lost $15,000.00 in wages because the judge refused to rule against the attorney that stole my wages.
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Private Placement Memorandums are used to get a group of investors to share in the risk and the rewards, ask your attorney to prepare one and hire Alaskans who have found oil & gas for the majors but have been laid off then drill, find oil and gas and sell it for a profit! You can do it!!!
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The cost-shifting from the State to local (and especially Anchorage) property owners, seniors, and our "best and brightest" kids (should start making some of the balanced revenue components of Walker's plan look better and better to those who have refused to consider them. Do they really think it's better to dump all ...
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I would hate to be the one with the faulty battery, and have my luggage lost? I like the old way, but let's see!
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This is economy triage time.. but it can be done without amputations like this!! Time to take a deep breath and look at the most reasonable and significant revenue options available now, and vote for them - Some cost-saving options mentioned below merit exploration and management/Legislative consideration - BUT SO DO...
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This is economy triage time.. but it can be done without amputations like this!! Time to take a deep breath and look at the most reasonable and significant revenue options available now, and vote for them - Some cost-saving options mentioned below merit exploration and management/Legislative consideration - BUT SO DO...
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This sort of technology invites complacency with open arms. " oh this suitcase belongs to a frequent flyer!, it must be safe......"
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OK, very funny and perhaps even relevant as a means of drawing attention. But, what if every disgruntled citizen put up his/her sign espousing their particular point of view. The answer is that we have laws controlling this kind of activity and a political/legal process for changing that which we object to in the law. ...
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Lane County Commissioner Jay B., are you listening? There is a viable revenue source for you to consider and it's not small change. Breeding programs yielding genetically copyrighted cannabis that is bred for content would bring in millions to the county coffers. The facility could be many things...if I were you I'd c...
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More bad legislation proposed by Senators Anna MacKinnon and Pete Kelly. End Performance Scholarships, and shift Pension obligations to cities and schools, even thou the State mandated cities and schools use the State created and managed Pension plans. This terrible legislation is even supported by Lynn Hoffmann from t...
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Clayton, you hit the nail on the head!
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Better yet, cut spending. You sound like a politician---TAX, TAX, TAX!
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The Alaska Performance Scholarship costs so little and returns so much to the Alaska community and workforce, I can't think how cutting it does any good on the whole for the Alaska economy or current budget crisis. It pays for itself in spades with very little investment... If your not going to continue to invest in th...
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Gotta say...this guy is straight out of the Lee Atwater School for Deception and Political Whitewash. Several times he's made claims that were flat out lies and intentional misdirection. He'll shift focus like a chameleon but fools no one. I feel sad for people who are so personally conflicted they slay their credibi...
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NO it wouldn't! It would be a relay of information. If they saw skin tone, they can make a general statement. They don't have to say if he was yellowish that he was either Native Alaskan, or Chinese, they can simply describe his skin tone as olive, or which many depts do. Political correctness has no place in law enfo...
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Vote for Trump. He has pledged to stop buying oil from the middle east that supports terrorism and has destabilized the World. The price of oil will recover with a Trump Presidency.
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Vote for Trump. He had pledged to stop supporting Saudi Arabia and to stop purchasing oil from Saudi Arabia. Trump will save Alaska, Canada, even Venezuela and all countries including Norway that depend on oil being at least $70 a barrel.
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Nothing happens in a vacuum. Assuming you were successful in doing away with all oil tax credits, exemptions, write offs, etc, what would be the oil companies response? Will they stop producing? Will they withdraw from Alaska? Will the oil industry shut down? Will all new start ups cease to exist? Will local Sta...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerity Austerity is a set of economic policies implemented with the aim of reducing government budget deficits. Policies grouped under the term 'austerity measures' may include spending cuts, tax increases, or a mixture of both, and may be undertaken to demonstrate the government's fisc...
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I'm liking the current city hall location - wherever that is - more and more.
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http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=727&t=6 How much petroleum does the United States import and from where? U. S. imports 9M barrels of oil per day from about 75 countries, fifty-five percent that come from OPEC and Middle East countries. Where would dumpf trumpf replace 4.5m barrels of import oil per day to rep...
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More white laws they are taking over a little at a time.
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How cruel to suggest putting homeless kids and their families in shelters. There are many imagination-based experts who have clearly stated that the homeless WANT to be homeless. Why else would anyone BE homeless??? *yawn*...hey, what's on Netflix?
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The world is delighted to watch the GOP, the Honkey party, destroy itself, sentence by Trump sentence.
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It was winter ? I don't think so.
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Tough call
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Eventually the truth comes out " most are there because of incidents involving alcohol." Alcohol is the problem, not the criminal justice system itself!
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Bill Walton is a great athlete, including how he walked away from the game, as well as from the circumstances of treatment for his injury sequence. Yeah, Bill, some of us know. Inspirational leadership how you've kept your eye on the ball all along the way. Thank you.
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No. They won't stop producing. They won't withdraw from AK, and they won't shut down. And if they did, our long term interests would likely be better served, as we might then find ourselves better, more trustworthy partners. Those who won't try to shaft us and short us, at every single turn.
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Funny the criminals in the Fairbanks Police Department, Prosecutors Office, and Judges Chambers, are not out on bail. It can be difficult, to prosecute crime, when the Crime Spree is ran, out of a Courthouse, without ANY, oversight, in those death penalty statutes, for corrupt cops, prosecutors and judges. https://www....
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It's not an unfair allegation because it happens every Saturday during market hours. I know it's hard for your brain to fathom anything.
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Bad place to steal equipment were APD use to breakfast.
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Fix for state budget crisis = RAISE TAXES YOU IDIOTS!
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Good job.
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Look this week to the discrimination attempts concocted by Alabama and North Carolina. They will both not become law because business like PayPal, Coke, NCAA, and so many more will not stand with intolerence.
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Stop destruction of forests. Especially privately owned forests, they protect the earth also.
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Washington had the highest taxes on liquor in the country BEFORE they privatized. Privatization didn't cause high prices, legislators did.
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How many tons of co2, & other pollutants did the volcano release ?
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To those of you commenting on the oxygen generating capacity of the forest, can you site the amount of oxygen generated on a given number of acres of mature (over-mature?) forest land, and then compare the exact same acres over time as the vibrant new growth repopulates the area ?
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Here is a thought. Respect our right of association. If a business, or a individual does not want to conduct business with another person, for any reason, so be it. That action, or non-action is a protected right. If you do not like the action, or non-action, do not resort to government tyranny, instead work to cha...
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Jim, Jim, Jim, your great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further: "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human." 1956
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Your off topic again Nick.
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HA! They should, I like that.
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Joe, there is NOTHING to stop you from sending the state government as much of YOUR money as you like. You have that freedom, & I respect that. I ask that you respect the freedom of those of us that believe we can spend our money more wisely than the incompetent government.
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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Old, we would loose all of our federal funding. Still not legal on the federal side.
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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Why kill those who are supporting the state's economy? Most all money comes from the oil and gas, why kick them when they are down with HB 247? The state AND the people have received decades of free income to pay for 90% of Government, plus a free fat bank account with almost $ 60 billion in it that also provides fre...
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If given a decent agreement, (because my surplus cash stash is not so large), I'd contract to organize and operate a diversified County Farm out there, (with legal crops...) I've spoken with Admin. Steve about this. There are plenty of people who would volunteer on such projects. The County could definitely be offsetti...
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Bill Are you suggesting that as society evolves, men are to hmm...dense to learn new limits? And women have no option but to remain timid and docile, and just accept whatever their lot in life happens to be?
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Using Denmark as an example everyone working pays between 41 and 56 percent personal income tax for those freebies. And pay a 25 percent value added tax on any goods they purchase. It's no wonder people living there have two and half times more personal debt than people in the US to live the dream.
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What you describe sounds more like a “way to survive” rather than a “way to live”.
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You must have missed the paragraph above the one you quoted. "As one Times reader explained it, algebra can be used to answer such questions as “Does vaccination cause an unacceptable risk of autism?” or “Does your body mass index affect your long-term health? What further data do we need to make an informed decision?...
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There are security guards in the capitol building but no metal detectors, last time I checked.
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Motley, Did you spend time in China? I am impressed you know the phrase "iron rice bowl"
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Great news!now we can have a hispanic tribe and norwegian tribe and an every ethnic tribe make their own laws. Aint it great?!!
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Justice for Alaska Natives in both rural and urban Alaska is long, long over due. The dis-empowerment of villages which used to be able to intervene early with village councils or, later, with forty magistrates removed by the court for efficiency, the absence of meaningful juvenile services or probation services in the...
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Wow haven't seen so much androphobia from the left in quite awhile. Speaking of Hitler ..... http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/3421/3385/original.jpg
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Yes Rick you are spot on and Motleycrew is ver LIKELY current or former military with strong ties to the military "teet" of Camp Ripley, 7 miles north of my home. They hide behind a false identity, mock truth, and criticise reality, because they have NO legitimate way to combat/end/curtail OUR free speech.....though th...
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Can you now survive without White funds? With all the White money comes rules.
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Yes Rick you are spot on and Motleycrew is ver LIKELY current or former military with strong ties to the military "teet" of Camp Ripley, 7 miles north of my home. They hide behind a false identity, mock truth, and criticise reality, because they have NO legitimate way to combat/end/curtail OUR free speech.....though th...
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If the government pulls out can the tribes survive?
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Eugene can buy it for our new city hall.
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The elimination of algebra makes as much sense as proposing the end of compulsory education after 8th grade. Since we have already eliminated the teaching of civics, grammar and any serious exposure to Latin or Greek, I suppose we might has well dumb down even further so that there are more low-information voters for f...
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It's time for local governments to appreciate the true cost of capital.
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Prayers for Man and His Family.
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Without Spanish Colonialism, we would not have Mexican food. That said, I love Colonialism.
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What better partners? Alaska is a natural resource State. Our resources serve no purpose if they lay fallow in the ground. The producers have paid our bills for decades. The producers have provided jobs, income, donations, philanthropy, resident tax free government. We were the envy of the nation.
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Force local government to raise taxes so they can say they didn't.
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Dean - Nice focus shift from the topic to the person.
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Wave bye bye to Grandma and Grandpa. They are moving to the lower 48. The State of Alaska drove them out of their house. The State tricked them into investing in the State and then pulled the rug out from underneath them. The old bait and switch routine. Entice them to build and retire with tax incentives. Then j...
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Just too bad that there are so few real Adults left in this world. Real Adults do not need laws to force them to attend to their responsibilities. A child does not ask to be created. A man and woman made that choice for them. Circumstances do not matter, that child is their responsibility. Wouldn't the entire wo...
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Let me guess,The legislatures pension would be exempt from cuts, Right? How about they use there per deim to fund there own pension and medical insurance?
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Well that settles it no more Disney Frontierland or Colonial Williamsburg. And we all need to write the Dept of Ed demanding all reference to Colonial America be removed from textbooks. If we can erase the Confederacy we can erase Colonial America as well!
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Franklin Blvd traffic flow has already been compromised by the hub and its crosswalk, it's time to stop this over build mentality that the city has enabled. We all know subsidies will be requested and likely granted while the rest of us are forced to endure the consequences
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Capital is mobile. Raise property taxes and institute an income tax that would tax retiree withdrawals, and seniors can just move
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A counter proposal and movement would be to remove all religious exemptions within any economic activity. The only qualifying exemption would be for a standing church and its grounds. All commercial components extending from such religions including television and radio enterprises would no longer have any tax exempt...
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Of course Grandma and Grandpa will have to take their State pensions, Social Security, Medicare, equity, savings, and assets with them to whatever lower retirement State attracts them with Senior friendly policies. So we increase their property taxes, drive them away, tell them to take their kit and caboodle with the...
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Not to take away ANY of the blame away from this drunk, but the intersection of S. 42nd and Daisy is extremely hazardous, and all's it would take would be to make the intersection a four way stop to remedy the situation. Come on City of Springfield !!!
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During the "good ole days" in the 50's & 60's during both Democratic & Republican administrations, the highest income tax rate was 91% & the middle class was flourishing. Reagan lowered taxes on the uber rich to 28% & the war on the middle class began & deficit spending became the norm, not the exception.
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We need less civil servants, competent or not. Why do we need rangers at Hatcher Pass, driving brand new pickups and snow machines? All they do is harass recreational skiers and snow machiners. We had no rangers 30 years ago. Just one of 100 examples. Need a zero-based budget
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Always the voice of truth and reason. Thanks Mr Gara
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That places things in perspective for me. I had the idea that their paying taxes on the (immensely lucrative) extraction of our oil, was compulsory. I see now that it was from the goodness of their hearts, that they did this. I had the idea that if they had their way, they'd be paying zero taxes. And oh, the jobs the...
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Lol. Degrade schools? $100 million in cuts in 3 years is insignificant. Wait till the real cuts happen. Bring 'em on.
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My understanding is that oil companies also deduct "losses" from their taxes despite making billions of dollars a year. What a deal. The new tax structure was a bad deal from the start. Mr. Parnell is most likely an oil executive hero with a cushy consulting job now, but i digress. Alaska has always had a rough time ...
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Obama's leadership at this critical time in the world has been lacking if not downright terrible. Open borders, Islamic terrorism, European refugee crisis, are but a few of the issues Obama has been absent on and clueless on how to lead. January 20th 2017 cannot get here soon enough IMO.
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Cuts to per diem are inconsequential. Cuts need to be made to the LARGE pieces of pie, like education & social services. There's the bloat.
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More national debt under Obama than all previous presidents combined. $9 million per year of taxpayer money for his vacations. "If you like your current health plan, you can keep it." Period. "My plan will save you $2,500 per year in healthcare costs." "Redistributing the wealth is good for everyone." "The cops ...
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Yeah, a sales tax would kill us. Taxes only go one way Clayton and it isn't down. I'm a property owner, so I speak from experience.
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