Comments on: Withers: No socialists on Obama’s economic team http://www.365gay.com/blog/112408-obama-annouces-economic-team/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Censoredagain http://www.365gay.com/blog/112408-obama-annouces-economic-team/comment-page-1/#comment-32637 Censoredagain Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:20:34 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4349#comment-32637 Tim you missed characterized the revenue relationship to between Alaska and the oil companies. The revenue is not a tax. The oil companies are paying (in general terms) for the oil since the oil is owned by the Alaskan public. It is not a tax. However, the government owning land can be viewed as socialism. The money from the oil companies is invested the money from the dividends are split half used to run state government and half paid in dividend checks to the Alaskan people, hence the term "dividend check" but you knew that already. Put you have to honest no matter how much one dislikes Palin she has more executive experience then McCain, Biden, and Obama combined. For all her faults she was the most fiscally conservative one out of the lot. Ross YES! socialism is a bad thing! It is an anathema to Freedom. It restricts, withholds, confiscates and in many other ways encroaches on individual property rights. Tim you missed characterized the revenue relationship to between Alaska and the oil companies. The revenue is not a tax. The oil companies are paying (in general terms) for the oil since the oil is owned by the Alaskan public. It is not a tax. However, the government owning land can be viewed as socialism.

The money from the oil companies is invested the money from the dividends are split half used to run state government and half paid in dividend checks to the Alaskan people, hence the term “dividend check” but you knew that already.

Put you have to honest no matter how much one dislikes Palin she has more executive experience then McCain, Biden, and Obama combined. For all her faults she was the most fiscally conservative one out of the lot.

Ross YES! socialism is a bad thing! It is an anathema to Freedom. It restricts, withholds, confiscates and in many other ways encroaches on individual property rights.

]]> By: Ross http://www.365gay.com/blog/112408-obama-annouces-economic-team/comment-page-1/#comment-32370 Ross Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:33:14 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4349#comment-32370 As if being socialistic is a bad thing? What I love about this whole political debate is that generally speaking what the GOP calls socialism, America call being neighborly, or fair. Of course Joe will have nothing to say... he can't spin it into some nonsensical rant about Obama threatening Israel. As if being socialistic is a bad thing? What I love about this whole political debate is that generally speaking what the GOP calls socialism, America call being neighborly, or fair.

Of course Joe will have nothing to say… he can’t spin it into some nonsensical rant about Obama threatening Israel.

]]> By: Tim Cravens http://www.365gay.com/blog/112408-obama-annouces-economic-team/comment-page-1/#comment-32339 Tim Cravens Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:02:35 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4349#comment-32339 There may not be any socialists on Obama's team, but there was certainly a socialist on the McCain ticket. Palin's Alaska taxes the oil companies and sends the taxes directly to the citizens. That's socialism. Sarah Palin is a socialist. (And an idiot and a homophobe, but I digress . . . ) There may not be any socialists on Obama’s team, but there was certainly a socialist on the McCain ticket. Palin’s Alaska taxes the oil companies and sends the taxes directly to the citizens. That’s socialism. Sarah Palin is a socialist. (And an idiot and a homophobe, but I digress . . . )

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