arnisador said:So...is it over? It sounds like good news for caribou-lovers.
It won't be over until its drilled, this just delays it for a bit longer.
Lamont
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arnisador said:So...is it over? It sounds like good news for caribou-lovers.
Blindside said:It won't be over until its drilled, this just delays it for a bit longer.
arnisador said:I think you're probably right. Trying to stop drilling for oil is like trying to stop the new year from coming.
michaeledward said:How much money does each and every Alaskan citizen get each year for letting the oil companies plunder the North Slope?
I heard the payments went down this year. So somebody needs to do something quick.
If we can't call it welfare, can we call it a bribe?
Blindside said:The payment went down because of the stock market, you do know how the Alaska Permanent Fund works don't you?
In the interests of full disclosure I was a recipient of this fund for 5 years.
Lamont
arnisador said:The "get paid to live" amount is usually around $1000, give-or-take.
mrhnau said:wish I got paid to live. I'm good at that
Everything is more expensive up there though... I imagine it kind of offsets. I guess they don't have property tax?
Blindside said:There is definately a property tax (I pay it) but there is no state sales or income tax, which might explain why the state is run on a deficit almost every year.
FearlessFreep said:So, when Senator Stevens is arguing to open up ANWR for mineral right exploration ... He gets 13% of what ever is extracted from there, without doing a thing. Sweet!
Law of supply and demand...if more is taken out then the supply goes up, the price goes down, he doesn't. He gets a dividend on his 13% sold, but it get s sold for less so at some point there is a breakeven point. Of course, if everyone in the state gets a cut, who am I to complain with the fact that he gets a cut too. If I, living here in DC, get cheaper gas and he, living therre in Alaska, gets a take, I don't really care because I got something out of the deal, also.
Of course, this now begs the question, if ANWR is a NATIONAL place, why doesn't the entire population benefit from the 13% commission?
*shrug* ask New Mexico. New Mexico gets a take from the same sorta deal. Only difference is that the money goes to the treasury of the state, not in payouts to individuals, so it does't get talked about a lot. Many states have such natural resources, and I'm sure most of those states have deals with the companies that have the means and motivation to extract those reasons. Otherwise, why aren't you getting a cut off all that Texas oil? Texans I suppose get their cut in not having to pay state icome tax
Or are you going to say that only rich Republicans cane up with this idea and only rich Republicans have benefited?
michaeledward said:A state deal for mineral rights is one thing - and I'm not sure I am in favor of it, even if it is sound ... but ANWR is a National Resource, not a state resource. Why should the benefits only go to Alaskans?