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“$200,000 for Akeela, Inc., for the Re-Entry Program in Anchorage, Alaska”

Sponsor: Sen. Stevens (R-AK)  

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Bulldog wrote:

I find it somewhat disturbing that so much Federal money goes to Alaska. The state has no state income tax for individuals, and, in fact, the state pays each resident a "dividend" each year ($1,654 in 2007) from the state's "Permanent Fund". That fund currently amounts to $37.8 Billion dollars! In effect, other state's taxpayers, through grants and earmarks, are paying for programs which benefit only Alaskans, even though their state treasury has a huge surplus of funds. Your tax dollars at work!!

posted November 16, 2007 at 2:01 p.m.