Comments on: Tax-And-Spend Palin http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:39:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13956 Daniel Larison Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:19 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13956 "they’ve abandoned even the pretense of principle" You won't get much of an argument from me, but I would say that the zealous, almost unanimous cheering for Bush during 2001-2005 showed that they had abandoned the pretense a while ago. They just hadn't had the opportunity to show it. “they’ve abandoned even the pretense of principle”

You won’t get much of an argument from me, but I would say that the zealous, almost unanimous cheering for Bush during 2001-2005 showed that they had abandoned the pretense a while ago. They just hadn’t had the opportunity to show it.

]]> By: Elvis Elvisberg http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13955 Elvis Elvisberg Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:11:58 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13955 And she <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12987.html" rel="nofollow">led Wasilla into a pile of debt through her hastiness and mismanagement</a>. The GOP long ago abandoned principle, of course, but with their exuberant reception of Palin, they've abandoned even the pretense of principle. And she led Wasilla into a pile of debt through her hastiness and mismanagement.

The GOP long ago abandoned principle, of course, but with their exuberant reception of Palin, they’ve abandoned even the pretense of principle.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13949 Daniel Larison Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:24:57 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13949 Probably 90% of my posts on this blog start with a quote followed by what I think about the article being quoted. I suppose I could summarize more of the articles, but if I worried about a repetitive format I would have stopped blogging years ago. I think I did mention as an aside somewhere that consumers end up footing the bill for tax hikes on oil profits in Alaska, but it's true I haven't talked about it much. It certainly isn't clear to me why people in the lower 48 should be happy that Palin just helped discourage the oil production she insists is so necessary to our national security. Probably 90% of my posts on this blog start with a quote followed by what I think about the article being quoted. I suppose I could summarize more of the articles, but if I worried about a repetitive format I would have stopped blogging years ago.

I think I did mention as an aside somewhere that consumers end up footing the bill for tax hikes on oil profits in Alaska, but it’s true I haven’t talked about it much. It certainly isn’t clear to me why people in the lower 48 should be happy that Palin just helped discourage the oil production she insists is so necessary to our national security.

]]> By: tenaciousd http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13933 tenaciousd Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:40:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13933 I'm astounded that no one has raised the point that when Alaska puts a windfall tax on its oil producers, it's the rest of the fuel-consuming world that pays for it. Alaskans do, too, but they are a miniscule segment of the consumer base and they got a $1,200 petro-welfare check out of it! They only pay for 10% of their own state government as it is. I’m astounded that no one has raised the point that when Alaska puts a windfall tax on its oil producers, it’s the rest of the fuel-consuming world that pays for it. Alaskans do, too, but they are a miniscule segment of the consumer base and they got a $1,200 petro-welfare check out of it! They only pay for 10% of their own state government as it is.

]]> By: scritic http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13932 scritic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:29:53 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13932 Daniel, 99% of your posts since the Palin nomination start with a quote that you think is wrong -- and a long explanation of why it's wrong. Which is fine - if the quotes are wrong in different ways -- but even that's not the case anymore. Don't you think it's getting repetitive? Daniel, 99% of your posts since the Palin nomination start with a quote that you think is wrong — and a long explanation of why it’s wrong. Which is fine – if the quotes are wrong in different ways — but even that’s not the case anymore. Don’t you think it’s getting repetitive?

]]> By: Bustrofedon http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-13929 Bustrofedon Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:49:28 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/15/tax-and-spend-palin/#comment-13929 She is just practicing the same sound economic policies of our soulmates in Venezuela, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. That is such good training for Washington. She is just practicing the same sound economic policies of our soulmates in Venezuela, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. That is such good training for Washington.

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