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2019-08-17 Home Front: Politix

Cillizza's Folly: CNN edits article criticizing purchase of Alaska in Greenland debate

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-17 00:31|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 *Sigh* I can see arguments that our entanglement in the Philippines was a bad idea. Or Puerto Rico. But, Alaska? At this point posing the counter-factual is like trying to make eggs out of a 3-egg cheese omelette.

Posted by magpie 2019-08-17 02:27|| 2019-08-17 02:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Illiterate talking heads never heard or read of gold and oil.

* Alaska does not have a state income tax.
* Alaska does not have a sales tax, though some areas like Wasilla do have a small sales tax.
* Alaska does have property taxes, but there are exclusions and incentives for seniors.
* Of course there is also the Alaska Permanent Fund, essentially a rebate to Alaska residents that is typically over $1,000 per year.

You can understand why confiscatory socialists/commies hate it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-08-17 07:39|| 2019-08-17 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Chris Cilliza is an idiot. That is all

Posted by Frank g 2019-08-17 08:26|| 2019-08-17 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't we buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark a bit over 100 years ago?

Posted by Glenmore 2019-08-17 09:50|| 2019-08-17 09:50|| Front Page Top

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