Palin the welfare queen


	Palin the welfare queen

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9-19-2008 6:25 PM

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9-19-2008 6:47 PM

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Is it not ironic that the governor of a state with a budget surplus begs for the largest per capita share of federal earmark money? The richest gets the most.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/65a6852a-23f3-474e-b4b6-101e162c4c3d/28F4761B-5E79-4CD8-86DB-820CF1E5365D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/welfare-queen.html" href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/welfare-queen.html" style="font-size: 11px;">andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/welfare-queen.html"><H3>Welfare Queen</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/welfare-queen.html"><P>The logic behind it is the direct <EM>opposite</EM> of McCain's anti-pork message. I think the best way to think of Palin is as a welfare queen, draining other people's money in order to enrich Alaskans and get her more votes. As Kinsley put it in his <A href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1839724,00.html">must-read Time column</A>:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/welfare-queen.html"><P>Alaska ranks No. 1, year after year, in money it sucks in from
Washington. In 2005 (the most recent figures), according to the Tax
Foundation, Alaska ranked 18th in federal taxes paid per resident
($5,434) but first in federal spending received per resident ($13,950).
Its ratio of federal spending received to federal taxes paid ranks
third among the 50 states, and in the absolute amount it receives from
Washington over and above the amount it sends to Washington, Alaska
ranks No. 1.
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