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“my choice of a user name” great segue - why do you not have the courage of your conviction to use your real name? isn’t context a little off when you moved the thread? let me help: "lol, i didn’t challenge your opinion, i challenged the logic that leads to your opinion. your entire post is a logical fallacy. sli...
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I hope they keep the Mileage program !
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Apart from issues of true national security, there are absolutely no areas of public business that any government in an open society has any justification for keeping secret. Secrets in government always and invariably lead to corruption. Voters need to find out which legislators support keeping secrets from the publ...
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He is deeply missed
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They will be able to determine the make and model of vehicle with the mirror. Keep an eye out for a vehicle missing drive's side mirror.
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don't we have enough earthquakes in and around Cook Inlet already??????
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Who cares? It's what they're NOT working on that matters. There's only one priority here: THE BUDGET! So let's recap: Spending cuts? Some, but they could do more. Starting with that $32.5M glass palace LIO purchase. Oil tax credits? Nothing so far, but they're gutting Walker's proposed cuts, replacing them wit...
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Our justice system is broken because the ones who operate it either don't care or are easily influenced by people of means. Clearly, welfare kids don't come from families that run in the same social circles as prosecutors and judges. University chancellors are able to wield political influence and the ridiculously low ...
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It "takes so long for people to recognize these things" [new Viking settlement] because scientists cannot make factual statements without evidence. And, in this case, neither can history books make wild speculations without the scientific evidence. If "the original Cherokee and Mandan, were of Irish and Welsh origin" I...
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Comrade Sanders problem is that he thinks he is entitled to believe what Obama says he is going to do. You apparently think that is foolish because Obama can't know what he is doing. When Obama came up with simplistic solutions to the problems in the Middle East or in the Ukraine or Libya or Yemen, I believe that ...
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this isn't the first time Troopers begged for attention by pulling the plug. it's all about getting more money from the state budget at the expense of human lives
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Dan Sullivan likes it? The same Dan Sullivan who chopped the police force down to nothing? He eleminated APD positions AND special police teams such as the gang unit and others because "Anchorage didn't have a gang/crime problem". All in the name of tax savings. . Anchorage is now a cesspool with your name on it. It ...
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You must have realized you're going to lose this School Board campaign too. What are you doing here posting a four year old republican opinion piece that no one read instead of out knocking on doors? Must not be very motivated to serve on the school board.
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There are other bills in final process of consideration. This article is incomplete.
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In 1866, a “torpedo” put in the bottom of an existing oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, filled the well with water, and then detonated the charge, and fracking was born. In 1967 and '69, scientists detonated a 29-kiloton bomb near Farmington, New Mexico, in a gas well. This was part of “Project Plowshare” which at...
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Wow, Cat....that's interesting! But it makes me ponder why you're still in Alaska when you find ten other states more attractive. Are they somehow limiting in-migration?
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mc. a rape victim testifying that a particular person has raped her and a confession from the "perp" is certainly enough to convict - at least historically. If on the other hand, the perp says he didn't do it, DNA tests are needed and necessary to prove that he did it. I fully support testing in every contested ca...
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First of all, Jack Moran is getting a little lazy in his reporting. Ms. Perlow schooled Mr Tullos in every way, from her obvious preparedness for the debate, to her understanding of the law, and to her knowledge of facts discussed. Mr Tullos lacked even a basic understanding of the "Brady List" (which he touts as his...
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Well there is a question!
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Incorrect. I said: "Traffic does follow the path of least resistance. That is why traffic calming is needed in neighborhoods." You said: "You’ll only see more cross-cutting through neighborhoods because more traffic lanes are being “reassigned” to transit" I said: "Continuing our practice, we’ll only see more and wid...
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I think there should be a distincton, though, between simple possession and the numerous property crimes that too often coincide with hard drug addiction. Lane county has a higher than average property crime rate, and one cannot deny that drugs play a role. Also, you cant very well be an officer of the court but comple...
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unfortunate as it is the rest of us are getting laid off also... so as I lost my job so as the state guy loose theirs .... the fact that I'm at home more now reduces the need for them.... the reality is they already take over an hour to get anywhere so what would change needs to happen on their end cause i just don't h...
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this business of sleight of hand-privacy-the residents have deep pockets- has got to stop. remember the silly artsy/movie tax credits? sigh. stop spending our money.
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a sheriff would be elected. if we weren't happy we could fire them. firing the troopers would save the state money. a wash i think. a couple of strangers showed up wanting entrance at an acquaintance's house- the man grabbed his gun. the troopers showed up 3 hours after the call.
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A320s are nice. Also a hub in San Francisco would be a welcome addition.
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So what kind of cases to you believe the 2,800 rape kits that the State Police sent to Utah today were? There is a national database. It only works when kits are tested and the results sent to that database to see if they match someone already in it. The testing is not universal. Felony conviction for a crime is th...
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why spend all this money with oil so low? will they import workers, or hire alaskans? and most important: IS fracking SAFE?
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Well, Wyatt, we will leave you in your security. Don't want to intrude on a neighbor. Have a nice day.
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The heroin and related property theft epidemics are a law enforcement failure, much of which stem from informant stimulated crimes encouraged by law enforcement . In addition to the trooper's shoot to kill policy, prisoner abuse, et al . maybe it's a good time to start saying "you're fired! " and " Get em outta here!...
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I'll do that!
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And that is why since August of 2016, since Ms. Perlow was appointed, the DA's office has filed over 850 meth and heroin cases; another fact that Mr. Tullos is either unaware of or chooses to ignore.
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How about getting rid of the "Statewide" administrative function. I don't see any added value it provides. The campus systems can stand on their own.
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Quit a few errors in your reasoning. 1. Churches that meet the requirements of IRC Section 501(c)(3) are automatically considered tax exempt and are not required to apply for and obtain recognition of tax-exempt status from the IRS. 2. On of the status of 501 (C) 3 is lobbying!! 3. Unions are also 501 (c) 4, tax exe...
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It is amazing how effectively the Koch Brothers have seeded shills all over the nation via the Cato Institute and other group-think tanks to "reasonably" advocate for regressive tax structures that fall most heavily on the working and middle classes while protecting the wealth of themselves and their fellow oligarchs. ...
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Hardly a day goes by without the Presidents supporters bragging about the 5 percent unemployment rate and all the jobs he's created every month since Bush left. So it should be relatively easy for these people to find jobs.
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https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/312597a6-b14a-4079-b0a4-ff0c91d560a9 See the letter above. Whether the DA has a file or a "list" is immaterial. They do maintain some sort of file.
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Seems like the Majority Caucus has a thing for secrecy. Tax credits. 'Executive sessions' with Taj Mahawker salesmen. Undisclosed tax pledges to Washington DC organizations... What other secrets are they keeping from us?
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1.The idea of the State "partnering" with BigOil or any other private business is ridiculous. Our interests are quite in opposition - its a question of who gets how big a slice of the pie. The State's position should be adversarial, seeking to get as much as possible for the citizens it represents. 2.Trust in BigOIl? R...
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Ms. Perlow was second in command when the DA's office decided to not prosecute meth cases, even as misdemeanors. Ms. Perlow, per her linkedin page, was responsible for developing policy with local police agencies. The DAs office continued to allow police agencies from 2012 through legalization in July 2015 cite peopl...
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Good thing the USGS is finding evidence the wild uptick in seismic activity in Oklahoma is related to fracking. I'm sure there's no possible bad outcome of doing the same thing in a seismically dynamic location like Cook Inlet. I'll probably just get the AK Earthquake Info Center bookmarked just for funsies, though ....
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In a land that is already fragile with earthquakes, we are going to start fracking in Alaska? Please, say it is only an April fools joke!
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Shoot to kill policy ? Enlighten me .
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The real question is what have they have accomplished to solve the 3 billion dollar plus state deficit? What will they have done by the end of the session? Of all the Alaskans being laid off this group is most deserving.
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grannynews: My laundry detergent, mechanic's hand-cleaner, and automotive bug-and-tar-remover, collectively, uses about the same number of almost identical chemicals. Almost the only real difference is in the concentrated strength. Stuff used in fracking would probably dissolve asphalt road paving. We think nothing ...
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Right, thanks to lower oil prices, and also for charging for every stupid thing that used to be free.
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Alaskan's what?
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This is a big fracking mistake!
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Move the port to Port Mac and save the funds for Dredging...
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Explains all the little 3.4's around Anchor Point lately on Quake Watch app, maybe?
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Move the port to Port Mac and save the funds for Dredging...
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USGS: Fracking causes extremely small earthquakes, but they are almost always too small to be a safety concern. Oklahoma now has more earthquakes on a regular basis than California. Are they due to fracking? In a few cases, yes, but in most cases no.
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Yes, "peer review is a bad way to monitor the comment sections[,] Alaska Dispatch." Why I never reject any comments I'm supposed to "review." Don't read them...just check the boxes. Yes, I see where "The hate posts against the church are being put up on this comment section..." I'm sure you've included my previous comm...
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mc, I think we have similar objectives but differ in assumptions. I assume that DA's are basically intelligent and do process all rape kits wherein results are material either to a specific crime or potentially to other crimes. I assume that unprocessed rape kits remain so because the DA sees no value in their proces...
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Has anyone studied what this could do to the important fish habitat in the Cook Inlet ? Do they care?
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Why shouldn't Alaskans pay most of the cost of THEIR state government? This notion that tourists should pay our bills, is juvenile.
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Bad news! Very bad news! We have enough earthquakes here.
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er...film production credits? looks like the same racket. and just where did these crooked ideas originate? none of these yahoos are smart enough to write it for themselves.
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fund your OWN services. your cops, your sheriff.
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What is incomplete nancybale, is the work of our collective Legislative Majority. They came back after last year with it's special sessions, with the same sorry plan.....they don't really have one! At least not one that works for Alaska, or her people. They are presenting the same bills and cuts, that failed the sniff ...
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Build the road Gov. Walker, be on the first Dozer and lead the way…
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Don't you actually have to reside in Washington state for a number of days each year to claim it as your state of residence for tax purposes? Also, the cost of maintaining two residences, isn't cheap.
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Build the road Gov. Walker, be on the first Dozer and lead the way…
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Motorized outdoors "play" has basically wiped out the once abundant wildlife in Alaska. Most hunting, trapping, etc. is more symbolism than subsistence today. There are few places left in Alaska where anyone could conceivably live off the land. In fact, by the time the author of this article was growing up, the lifesty...
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It lasts until it's over. But it's not over until it's over. Hope that helps.
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one of those folks that need to be locked up because they are bad through and through. we need to separate the plain stupid from the plain bad, and quit mixing our prison populations together. sub abusers need treatment- violent criminals hard time.
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Perhaps the 'economic equality' that Lynn has in mind is the same 'egalitarian misery' that Churchill mentioned ... :-/
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Simple? Imagine you are Fred Meyer or Carrs. You have to code everything you sell, as to whether it's taxable, or tax exempt. The fried chicken in the deli is taxable because it's prepared food. The smoked cured, sliced ham next to it, is what? School clothes are not taxed, but school supplies are? Try making these ...
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It must be in the troopers' secret handbook, right after the chapter on "informant stimulated crimes encouraged by law enforcement" . . . ;)
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Nothing like letting Alaskans see what all their trips back and forth for vacation,family reunions,honeymoons, medical procedures and funerals at twice price have paid for. Plus AK. Airlines isn't even owned by Alaskans! Just use name outside for PR. Oh well! Won't fly Virgin now.
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The Constitution, and the rights it recognizes, are for people, not corporations. The secrecy Republicans have created violates several sections of the Alaska Constitution: Art 9, Sec. 6, Public Purpose- No tax shall be levied, or appropriation of public money made, or public property transferred, nor shall the publi...
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Be careful Ak Air it was this kind of expansion that allowed Delta to take Northwest over.
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I hereby approve of MacKinnon's DST ending bill. This is exactly what I have been suggesting: End DST here in Alaska (just as Hawaii does) and stay 2 hours ahead of "solar noon" (by moving year round to the PST). In summer, PDT states will jump ahead of us by one hour but in winter we will be in the same time zone as t...
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Mx costs double when you have mixed fleet
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ms.amylou: I don't want to seem contrary, but please I was born in the territory of Alaska long before there was a Wasilla. Long before. In fact, those settlers who moved into Palmer from Minnesota in 1935 just got there prior to my birth. That means you all moved into our home and began taking resources from rural A...
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Thank you, Tom.
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ms.amylou: I don't want to seem contrary, but please I was born in the territory of Alaska long before there was a Wasilla. Long before. That means you all moved into our home and began taking resources from rural Alaska and diverting them to your personal uses, paying nothing along the way. You don't know me, but you...
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Not the first time Alaska Air has done this sort of deal; they bought out Jet America with it's MD - 83 fleet in the '90s. The MD's were promised by MD to provide all kinds of efficiencies that never materialized. Eventually the fleet transitioned to an all Boeing fleet. Ironically, Boeing now owns the old MDouglas!
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no. a sales tax does nothing for all of those import workers- the fishing the oil the fly in and out and don't spend a cent- workers.
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I've been tinkering with the algorithm ... It seems to use key words and phrases, to flag comments for "special attention". Sorta "PG-13" really. And it has some latency, as comments initially approved can later disappear. I suspect that there may be a human or two overseeing the system, tweaking it, probably to he...
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Newer planes cheaper to maintain. Makes sense
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Last Patriot.... If you don't shoot to kill, and you're not trained to shoot to wound. Why do you shoot? Enlighten us
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One more comment: Western Alaska should probably not be in PST too but I would leave that for them to decide.
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Or their aging planes are passed their life and need to be retired.
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Mr. Tullos, You keep referring to Ms. Perlow when she was "second in command" as Chief Deputy. You make no mention of anything about the changes she has made in only 8 months as District Attorney, and the changes she continues to implement. Again, expressing ideas is one thing, but real experience is another.
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You know what is worse for the poor than "regressive" sales tax or reduced or eliminated PFD? A collapsed economy.
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you could have been left the the devices of the russians- you weren't. and for that you need to be grateful. the gov't has spent tons on the 'rural folk'. you hate us, but don't seem willing to leave behind the modern ways of life. you hunt with power boats, rifles, your schools are built and paid for by the state- you...
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Doe this mean they are going to fly Virgins to Alaska?
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Hopefully the driver will get caught and punished (hopefully severely). More important however are prayers of recovery for the injured serviceman. Danger in Afghanistan he signed up for, idiots in Alaska are not in his employment contract!
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The legacy of that "liberal" "Democrat" Bill Clinton's triangulation into moderate Republican RINO land -- the relevance is probably wasted on many Republican and Democrat voters this election cycle, but relevant all the same.
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Daniel, any idea how welfare people would ever get the amount of cash to bring the amount of meth, heroin and cocaine that gets into Alaska? Credit? Yes many have grown up on systems step, but many have left that and built lives off welfare. Media doesn't say much about them. This guy had all the opportunities most pe...
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I have been involved in the Daylight Saving Time debate in Alaska since 1999 when the first DST repeal bill was introduced. I find the topic to be interesting,complex and extremely political. Some (mostly the proponents of the status quo) claim this is not worthy of debate; however, not even the PFD law impacts every ...
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Why is the income tax always the holy grail of progressives? That's because it gets the collar of the chain around your neck. Then they can decide later how hard to pull it. As I have said before: No income tax without reforming the dividend program FIRST!
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I know when it be great if anyone that exercised their 1st ammendment rights had to pay a tax? And the other tax free property known for sexually abusing kids is the school system. So the Catholic was known for having a gay priest problem so therfore they should be more accepting of gays? Thats a liberal good idea fo...
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It will not make tickets cheaper or more comfortable flying. We are still looking at sardine cabins packed and charge for oxygen.
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"we're talking about our friends ... family ... neighbors," Those are the key words, what should guide us, motivate us. China solved its opium problem at one time, by executing all of the dealers, and all of the addicts. Execution is still their method of choice, for many crimes, even political dissent. But I suspe...
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Sales tax is another bad idea. It makes us even less competitive in the marketplace where things are tough enough right now. End the dividend and use the PF earnings for the cost of government. Once that is settled, THEN we might consider going with a modest income tax. Since the lower income folks (45% of all people)...
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You win: I'm forever grateful for the lower 48 Americans moving into our home and saving us from the Russians and ourselves because we hadn't learned to take care of ourselves in the 15, 000 years we have been here before you guys came here and saved us. You win: OK. Are you happy, now?
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"you are the biggest gutless coward on this board. You forever run from the facts that expose your ridiculous babbling nonsense opinions for what they are, then like a coward flag the posts while puking grade school insults with all the debate skills of a stoned 14 year old dropout loser who can’t handle his weed. And ...
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Let's try something really radical in the "fastest growing part of the State;" paying for stuff.
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Oops I deleted my own comment by accident. I guess I see how it works now.
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