Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
ALASKA No State Income Tax
FLORIDA No State Income Tax
NEVADA No State Income Tax
SOUTH DAKOTA No State Income Tax
WASHINGTON No State Income Tax
WYOMING No State Income Tax
Individual Income Tax Rates-2008

What does the average Joe in Florida see from all the tourist revenue?; or the ones in Nevada from the gambling? Or from South Dakota from the oil? Or the others? NOTHING! Props to Alaska for giving back to the people from the riches earned. I personally would question the others myself. The oil there IS part of Alaskas wealth and should be shared by the people of that state. Better than creating a bunch of useless government programs on how to aid the people. That's part of "fiscal conservatism", let the people take care of their own money instead of having Uncle Sam play daddy.

Like another member stated; the more you expect from the government in social programs the more he's going to want to intervien in your daily life. Maybe that's why Alaska is so "liberal" on marijuana laws.

Have a good one!:s4:
Employment, cheap cost of living. Not live off daddy right?

If fiscal conservatism is to cry to get their own social programs like this gas card program through oil revenue, while having the rest of the country pay for their Alaska's services, there's still dependency. Alaska is getting subsidized by other states tax revenue. Alaska is the beneficiary of socialism. Republicans and democrats are no different other than how they want to allocate the funds.