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2006-09-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

Venezuelan firm will buy fuel oil for Alaskan villagers

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2006-09-21 10:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They don't get a check for Alaska's oil sale?

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-09-21 11:25|| 2006-09-21 11:25|| Front Page Top

#2 For years countries have been taking our aid with complete ingratitude. I see nothing wrong with taking Hugo's cash and slamming him.

Posted by DoDo 2006-09-21 11:37|| 2006-09-21 11:37|| Front Page Top

#3 You're damn right right! Mini-Castro can pay my heating bills too!

Posted by Mike N. 2006-09-21 12:23|| 2006-09-21 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Venezuela per capita annual income: $5,800.
United States Social Security average annual age-based retirement benefit: $11,500.
United States per capita annual income: $40,100.

Um, Venezuela, are you sure you want to keep Chavez's hand in your cash register drawer? If so, I can use some heating oil too.

Posted by Darrell 2006-09-21 12:30|| 2006-09-21 12:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell yes - take his money. Better for something peaceful...

I'm curious, is there anybody left that Jumbo hasn't promised a free lunch?

At some point in time the lines on the graph will cross. What will Venezualans have to show for the time they've allowed this moron to hold power, besides debts and fading laughter?

Posted by Speater Flump2829 2006-09-21 12:53|| 2006-09-21 12:53|| Front Page Top

#6 This year's dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund will be $1106 per approved applicant.

The AK permanent fund has been a very visionary institution. The present value is about $34.5 billion. The intent of the fund was to replace the lost oil revenue when Prudhoe Bay declined. That really has not happened yet. The biggest problem is to build consensus on what to do.

I personally would like to see the dividend capped at $500/person. That would eliminate many migrating neer do wells from coming up here and camping out till they get their one year residency. Then funding could be set aside for endowment like funds to take care of the basics, like highways, public safety, education, etc. We have been given a tremendous gift. The problem is using it wisely, and with politicians the way they are, it's veddy veddy difficult.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-09-21 14:19|| 2006-09-21 14:19|| Front Page Top

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