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My Liberal Democrat friends always say they have more intelligence than the average Republican and can govern better. Well here is your chance. It is easy to make money in a bull market, show us how smart you are in a bear one. Show us how the liberal, progressive mind can improve Anchorage using the same dime in ta...
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I laugh every time I think about all the times an obnoxious former pro union step-father used to scream bloody murder how my non-union mother made more money than he did at the same company, and he even had seniority.
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Funding the current Legislative agenda is NOT funding the needs of the state, it is propping up a declining industry. When you ask the residents to put " skin in the game ", what do tell the home owner that can no longer drink the water from his well due to sulfolane contamination, and has watched his,or her, home valu...
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$32 million ? Put them in a few Atco units costing $2000 each ! The state is in deep debt and still the legislature wants to spend more !
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if you are not going to listen then why comment? is there anything you don't comment on?
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That's unusual. Good for Mom!!
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I travel through Seattle so I can buy legal, Taxed, marihuana. I have no desire to finance Cartels, terrorism or any other criminal enterprise when I buy marihuana. In 1998 Alaska's citizens voted to legalize Medical Marihuana and our legislature came up with a plan that provides no tax revenue for the state, that cos...
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Donkel: I suspect that this issue, in a broader sense, has grown beyond "the hard sell". Softer voices, with narrower arguments, are beginning to prevail. You have made some good points, but your "package" may be too inclusive. Your best point is the smaller, Alaskan oil/gas producers. Concentrate on that maybe?
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Although my circle of friends and colleagues are small, none have said they are in favor of an income tax. If taxes are implemented a sales tax should be consider first. A sales tax allows the end user some control. Users get to opt in or out of payment based on their needs and desires. There has been discussions o...
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Wow - the Legislative Council is even more disconnected from their constituents then the House & Senate as a whole.
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Great another progressive tax! I pay $1300.00 a month for medical so that the people that don't work get medical. Thank's Parnell and The republican leaders. (Using term loosley). Now a progressive income tax to take care of people in the bush that choose to live and not work there. Again thanks it was great that I wor...
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OK Rachael, Farmer, I endorse exactly what Ed has written as well, even without any kind of "fortune" if that makes the underlying concept any more palatable. In his polite way he is advocating we actually pay our way. And he is spot on.
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Cute. :-/ ... And to think: All those liberals telling themselves during the term of GW II, "... things just *couldn't* get worse!!" ;-)
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Sharon, Most everything in oil production is leased. Oil companies only have minimal people working for them and contract everything else, from drilling rigs to housekeeping.
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One tractor driver assisted by a forklift/truck driver can harvest 20 acres of grapes in 12 hours for less than half the cost of hand picking the same area. Fruit quality only slightly diminished, if at all. (Of course, this is a subjective claim still hotly debated in boutique circles...) Machine costs $250k.
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You mean just like our conservative republicans? They have been in command for quite some time here in AK. Look where it got us.
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If the Judges were able to use this kind of discretion more often then the people who are a treat would be kept in prison and not released due to over crowding. Prison isn't always the answer.
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Thank you Ed for a spot on piece. It's not what a lot of folks want to hear but need to as we have lost the "sugar daddy" income for the time being while not having any citizen revenue to fill the hole. Early on we had a chance to avoid this; most gave up that opportunity to spend prudently by not being engaged with...
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The writer shouldn't feel too sorry for Chile because they turned against their home-grown socialist problem in the 1970s, rather than become another technological and economic backwater like Cuba. Today Chile is arguably one of the best-run countries in the western hemisphere, economically and politically. Arguably ...
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'don't drink and drive'
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Jim What is behind their reasoning for not releasing it. I can't stand it that when we pay for such things then they are kept from us. Just like the Gaffney Cline report. What ever happened to the concept of transparency?
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The Taj MaHawker isn't a legislative boondoggle, it's a republican boondoggle. Republicans own this travesty, lock, stock and automatic garbage barrel.
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If we are going to have a tax implemented, I'd rather see a sales tax. Everyone I work with shares the same sentiment. Going to work, and busting my butt, knowing there is a government official with their hand in my pocket doesn't sit well with me. At least a sales tax is something I have control over. A sales tax ...
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She did not deliver the jobs she promised NY as a senator so now she is using the same old tired promises. Let's see how that works for her
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I agree. As do all the folks I work with!
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Isn't freedom a great concept? It allows anyone to comment on any post and even allows you to disrespect the President.
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The taxes alone, just might help pay for that boondoggle Ferry
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Where are you getting your figures? Citation please.
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So why does the Men's US Open Golf Championship have a total purse of $9 million (2015) and the Women's US Golf Championship have a total purse of $4.5 million (2015)? They are both competing for the same television audience and aren't controlled by a common organization. What conspiracy accounts for the difference i...
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"small income tax" is not small to those who pay it. The 47% that support an income tax won't be paying it
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What makes you think a sales tax won't increase?
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The reasonable share that Norway receives is 78%. Not zero like us....they told the oil companies that was the cost and if they didn't like it they could go someplace else....and lo and behold the oil companies DIDN'T leave. But I guess Alaskans are more gullible than Norwegians.
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So you want to tax MY income based on a corrupt Federal tax code? It may be simple but it isn't fair. Why create another state bureaucracy to confiscate my money and give it to people who don't work through the PFD and another state agency? If an income tax is implemented the PFD becomes welfare
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I cannot believe this!!! The lease was declared illegal and invalid. If the state bought the LIO "The annual loss to the city would be about $260,000, which would be divided among other taxpayers." AND they would still have to figure out HOW to pay for it.......uh, divide it among other taxpayers??? Stevens really...
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I just don't want to pay an income tax some they can support their "lifestyle"
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I thought the message was clear, which is traditional support for fire and police, roads and parks. But if a recession sets in next year I think April will go the other way. On a happier note, the left leaning assembly will have to learn to spend less within the cap
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Keep telling people they want to pay more taxes and some might come to believe it. Most, however, will (at minimum) stop listening to/reading you. The rest? Let your imagination run HOG wild......
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40 years of data is not even a nano of a nanosecond in Earth time
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Alascat, is it really about which other state or is it about the total costs of living here versus living elsewhere? how much do we pay for an item here versus what we would pay for the same item elsewhere? the idea of leaving the state if the costs (tax) to stay out way the costs or standard of living elsewhere will b...
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We have not degraded the church as a moral guide, the church historically has degraded itself in horrific demented behavior. This is an excellent example; while white European Christians called us savages because of our gods, white PC liberals are calling us uncivil savages because of our mascots.
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If you want everyone to contribute, use PFD earnings
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Alascat that won't achieve the goal of having skin in the game. In order to be a responsible taxpayer you need to be affected by tax increases. If low income people pay a flat rate of $100.00 what incentive do they have to not increase everyone else's taxes? Say we have 3 tiers, 1% 2% and 3%. Any rise in taxes is acro...
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Oh, this is rich....Alaska congressman for life Don Young says of Trump: “Now who do I blame?” he asked, pointing to the audience. “The people. A bunch of idiots following Pied Piper over the edge of the cliff. That's who I blame. They ought to know better than that. I mean, nobody wants to read anymore. No one wants ...
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Can you show proof that George Soros had any influence on the Anchorage Elections? I'd love to see the proof. (no irony) Just as I'd love to see where the Koch Bros are meddling. (no irony)
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The only tax that must be looked at is a sales tax and the spending of these idiots in government DOWN SIZE like everyone else !The sales tax catches everyone no exceptions!
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A sales tax in addition to taking the PFD is the best way to go. Everyone needs to pay and even if the state took the PFD (all of it) and had a 7% sales tax on everything but food and medicine they would still be in deficit. Taking part of the PFD and a small income tax based on the horribly progressive federal tax w...
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The problem with buying the building now, no matter what the price, is that it will always be a reminder of how our elected officials sold us out. The landlord is corrupt and doesn't deserve to dump the LIO on us at any cost. He needs to hurt, and boy, is his reputation garbage now.
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To be fair Chase did the best job possible with all the personal politics in JC. Politics & scandals involving City Administrators & Officials, goes way back many decades before Chase. Sadly, too many clicks and favoritism goes on in our community. Why not totally clean house and get some new blood in there! At least ...
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Spot on. You just nailed a few of the worst people in Anchorage. Rhyner's there too, he's just more inconsequential.
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I suspect the very people that would pay zero state income consume the most state resources by a large margin.
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The Most High Secret Personhood Council votes for your legal reps, or, Instead Of your elected reps. Being pissed on or is it raining?
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The crazies have taken over at Whitman College in Walla Walla. After a poll where about 60% favored a nickname change, the new president from the east coast abolished the Missionaries nickname this week. This is after the Whitman Pioneer student newspaper announced it would change it’s name. "Critically engaging in Whi...
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So all we need to do is extract more revenues for the Alaska State Legislature alone to appropriate and all will be well. No mention of creating local taxing authorities to encourage local economic development and local government control. No mention of needing to fix our completely broken legislative process. No me...
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The only way to do this other than a sales tax is to have an income tax totally separate from the federal system like Oregon's. Sales tax is better.
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All your questions are answered here: http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/OR/The-John-G-Shedd-Institute-For-The-Arts.html#compensationOfOfficers The total salaries paid to 150 employees was $571,841. The number of employees earning more that $100,000 = zero. They paid $107,648 in payroll taxes as well. Compensation of cu...
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250-Year-Old Eyewitness Accounts of Icier Arctic Attest to Loss of Sea Ice http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/250-year-old-eyewitness-accounts-of-icier-arctic-attest-to-loss-of-sea-ice/
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The difference in this case is that Mr Shockley is a well respected member of the community and, umm, uh..... Accounting errors and poor judgement and didn't intend to harm anyone and the money?? It um, well, are you referring to the millions????
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Starting with the absurdity of "trickle down economics", this is example #989 of the abject failure of conservative governance over the last 36 years
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Spend Less you are exactly on point with your comment .Also if they want to buy a building the process is the same as renting space,a competitive bid process.The judge just told them that.
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No reason I should do your homework for you. You want to know, go find out and tell us what you find out.
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In my case, don't drink and post. ;-) Actually, it figures that the story would be fixed to render my post meaningless. But now it says "By The Register-Guar" and I'm wondering if a collision with a Mercedes is worse than a collision with a BMW.
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YOU---AINT GONE YET ????
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But is there enough money available to fund this AND the Civic rebuild?
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These soccer gals could learn from my mother. Their real complaint is they are horrid negotiators. I am reminded of the rock group Kansas. They were desperate for an LP contract and signed the worst contract possible. They didn't earn anywhere near what their successful peers earned. Then they got smart and renegotiate...
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You miss the best Portland cocktail - Tortolan Plantation Press
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Perspective is Everything Placed in a perspective that could be considered part of the effort to Re-locate the Capital from Juneau , to Anchorage, this might be a very good start. So maybe it is time to move the Capital, thereby creating work, and a more efficient Government. This is indeed a great way to im...
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Key to prudent financial stability is citizen engagement with the legislature. Today we don't have that. Otherwise you are correct, the result would be the same and meet the definition of crazy. It means work, critical thinking, separating needs from wants and discriminating idiology from ideology followed by first ...
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It is just as easy to find articles about temperatures cooling, Antartic ice thickening, etc. But Pravda ADN has their orders from dinner with President Chicken Little and the fix is in to separate you from your wallet and freedom. I'm nOt blaming Pravda, they were probably threatened with IRS audits.
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Nice backpedal to try and explain that gibberish, X. The answer to you question is, depends if the bike is a Honda or a Ducati. I do wish the rider well. Motorcyclists fare poorly in crashes.
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Since SB 21 the DNR DOG had poor management that ran APACHE and others in the ground and out of the state by not approving vital Units and many other abuses, like increase the Min Bid and Rentals on Sale leases won by smaller oil & gas companies 8,000%!
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Someone else posted this YouTube video elsewhere. Randolph (in retrospect) doesn't seem to be very smart about oil and Hammond suggests there's no way Alaskans will fall for the "stop taxing oil in exchange for jobs" shtick. But then again, most of the people who populate the state are fairly new to the state and are...
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What long-dead whalers can teach us about climate change The researchers involved in the Old Weather project have not published any of their findings yet. But as Wood gathers more data and recreates ancient weather patterns with it one thing is becoming alarmingly clear for him. “What’s happening to the whalers is ve...
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Indeed we did, Wavemaker. But we wanted our statement about Gary Stevens losing our votes on the public record too.
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Responsible Alaskans will pay the income tax and take a cut to their PFD. Cuts will have to be made to government spending too. All this will have to come over the next 3 years. Fortunately we have the Reserve accounts to help. A 3 year program of cuts and raising revenue will be tolerable. We can be thankful for ...
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dg never does that. I don't think that she's ignorant of how to do it, however. I think it's just sloth.
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A plea bargain means nothing about guilt. The lawyer told him what to do and he did it.
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The theme here is "EVERYONE needs skin in the game". Our State is now a triage State. Cuts & cash both needed, and quick! That includes oil - starting with the incentives that are not "real" incentives, but gifts. But it also includes taxes on all major transaction sectors - fisheries, mining, alcohol, tobacco - and I...
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Enough of the whining from people like Kara Moriarty and Dan Dickinson. If the oil companies can't make a profit of off oil, that's their problem. If Alaska can't make a profit off of selling our oil to the oil companies, that's our problem. And make no mistake, one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. If we ...
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This is truly wonderful to hear. The same is true for the Fairbanks shelter as well as shelters nationwide. At last!!
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Considering the cost of living and energy in Alaska it's insulting to say Alaskans have no skin in the game. They've been paying hidden taxes for years when the state dumps hundreds of millions into projects and energy subsidies that only raise the cost of living. Alaskan consumers have provided for billions of dolla...
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Good judge, thanks.
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The public employee unions won these races with their $$ contributions and getting out the vote. BTW, many of the polling places are in union halls (aka schools) so a union member merely walks down the hall and votes--very, very convenient.
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Good letter. Too often in past decades schools hired a football coach who agreed to teach one period of Algebra. Algebra should be taught by qualified teachers who love and have enthusiasm for the subject. Sure, any Math can be confusing, and some students take longer to get it. But giving up is not an option.
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"The GOP is protecting us from the left stealing our vote." Let's reality check this statement. First off, if the Democrats were consistently committing voter fraud, why do they get obliterated in the mid-terms? Secondly, if the voter fraud is so rampant and so well known by everybody, how come there haven't been pr...
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Maybe it's "Headline Like a Pirate Day".
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You're changing the subject. Surprisingly Junior had a valid point. The real gripe of these women is they are horrid negotiators. Most athletes are smart enough to have bonuses established in their contracts for meeting certain goals. I have to laugh when it is pointed out "The women’s 2015 World Cup win was the most v...
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In other words, that 1.5% income tax isn't a substantial hit, or people would itemize..??
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We had two things going for us that are now going against us - ~ 1,000,000 barrels of oil flowing to Valdez EACH day and a price per barrel of ~$90 - $100 + per barrel. Now we have ~ 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day and a price of ~$34 on a good day. Half or less the flow, 1/3 the price. 1/5 the revenue in rough n...
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Salaries reflect money paid by fans. Before talking about salaries, we need to talk about relative income generated by the teams. Basic business and nothing to do with gender.
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I'd rather have our federal tax dollars transferred back to us for something actually more economic oriented than yet another public works project to mostly keep TriMet afloat against its mounting debt and unfunded liabilities. ...
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The Legislature should be running away from this deal. It looks bad, it smells bad, and it isn't doing any of them favors by continuing to work towards getting the new building. Makes one wonder why this group of nominally intelligent people are still pushing for this?
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I was not asked for my opinion in the survey, but I'm giving it here: I'm ready to pay my share in taxes. You didn't ask, but I'm also ready to give up a portion of my dividend and support capping the dividend pay out.
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"Alaska has many undiscovered huge oil fields..." Where's your data to back up your statement?
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It is possible for someone with an average IQ to understand Algebra, with a good teacher. Problem is, there is work involved. Granted, many won't need it in their jobs, but not knowing it often locks them out of better pay. And then they complain about those others who get the higher-paying jobs.
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Oh give me a break, Terrence Cole. Have you gone to their website and played their balance the budget "game"? It is totally biased to get the outcome they want. This is public propaganda, not public service. My recommendation to the Rasmuson Foundation: Cut checks for social services to take the load off DHSS.
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An oblique way of comparing Trump to Hitler. Interesting tactic.
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And it also killed 100 million Englishmen. Samoset is believed to have died around 1653 in what today is Bristol, Maine. "He was a tall straight man, the hair of his head black, long behind, only short before, none on his face at all; he asked some beer, but we gave him strong water and biscuit, and butter, and cheese,...
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So, are you telling me, that I should give my PFD to fund the 1% For Art program? Just plain nuts!
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what resources are you talking about? what benefits? as far as benefits, there are some that I never use nor will I ever use. why then does the state force others to pay for something we don't want? as far as skin in the game goes, I already pay the state through the borough about $3500 annually and now they want more.
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Quote: “The canyonlands proposal would encroach upon 100 percent of my land,” said Elias Elguren, a cattle rancher and treasurer of the Owyhee Basin Stewardship Coalition. Elias is confused. It is public land that is being considered for the Canyonlands proposal, which incidentally, has been so terribly abused that it...
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