I think I should have gone to the Republican Governor’s Conference. There must have been some seminar where they all learned the latest in governing: extend corporate giveaways and then cry budget deficits that can be solved only by reducing government services and busting public employee unions. The governors of Wisconsin, Ohio, and Maine were especially good students.
Our own Gov. Sean Parnell realizes that some 27 percent of Alaskans are public employees of one sort or another and has declined union busting. But he did pick up on the part about corporate giveaways. He has been pushing for some time for a $2 billion reduction in oil company taxes with the vague stated hope that higher oil company profits will somehow result in more investment in Alaska. I guess that Republican governors’ seminar never got to the part about getting an iron-clad deal to get something in exchange for giving away public resources. Or maybe they did. Maybe the exchange is more money spent on Republican’s re-election campaigns.
Margo Waring
Juneau
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Well written and true letter!
Republicans are 'Grand Givers'
Well said, Margo. Republicans are proving they are grand givers - at giving away public resources to corporations while short-changing everyone and everything else.
Sean Parnell is playing a game of catch-up with his more publicity seeking brother governors in other states. He only wants to give away a couple billion dollars to the oil industry which equals, let's see now - why only $281.60 per Alaskan as of 4/1/2010!!
Shucks! Mere pocket change which individuals Alaskans can each easily make up!
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I would not doubt that Parnell already has a company in mind to contract public jobs to once Alaska's public workers are crushed and kicked aside. I would also be willing to bet it would not be an Alaskan company.
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Oh No, Margo...
Sean believes in Union Busting as well as Corporate Giveaways. Don't forget, he hasn't funded the PERS 1 Retirement fund, now about 10 BILLION underfunded. All he has to do is let that baby die on the vine... He has all the options - he can let it grow a few years, then he can try to kill it himself or let the next Governor chop it off when it hits 20 billion. Whatever, time is on his side.