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"Wahhh! A Canadian is posting on my boards! Wahhh! A Canadian is getting the best of me! Wahhh!"
no. you don't get it. your opinion means nothing. you mean nothing. you can do as you please, but know that we all laugh at you. you are within your rights to post on our internet.
She had a untarnished executive record as governor. The media never reported her numbers. She was highly capable of leading and still is by a longshot over Hillary today. Let me ask you a honest question, what is it about her executive record on policy that you don't like?
To be fair, Alaska ranks as #47 out of the 50 states in terms of population. It's huge in land mass, all those mountains, frozen tundra, arctic glaciers, etc. ... it has very few people, though. The honorable mayor of my city has more power, prestige and responsibilities than the Governor of Alaska.
Wow, if she reduced them, I don't even want to know what they were before.
"$27,000,000.00 – amount of federal earmarks Palin secured with the help of her hired lobbyist for Wasilla’a town of 6,700 residents.
$197,800,000.00 – amount requested in earmarks for Alaska while Palin was Governor; a total of 31 earmarks representing more per person than any other state in the United States."
Governor Palin reduced spending in her budget for Fiscal Year 2010 by more than one billion dollars from the previous governor’s Fiscal Year 2007 budget, a 9.5% real reduction in spending. Her FY2010 budget was $10.57 billion compared to Governor Murkowski’s FY2007 budget of nearly $11.7 billion. At the same time, she fulfilled her campaign promise to forward fund education, allowing districts greater flexibility and predictability in their planning.
A general rule of thumb for both liberal and conservative administrations is to claim that they may reasonably increase spending every year at a rate of 2% to 3% because of inflation and that should not count against them as increased spending. Even if we use the low end of inflation at 2%, Governor Palin’s budget could have been (without calling it a spending increase): $12,413,374,459.20
Of course, the budget is not $12.4 billion; it is actually $10.57 billion. In other words, she cut spending.
In FY2007, Gov. Frank Murkowski requested $350 million in federal appropriations, which Gov. Palin reduced to $256 million in FY2008, $198 million in FY2009, and $69 million in FY2010.
Not only did Governor Palin dropped the federal requests for money by 80%, she had also been slowly chipping away at these numbers since the beginning of her administration.
FFY2007- Gov. Murkowski 63 projects at $349,497,000
FFY08- Gov. Palin 52 projects at $256,037,000
FFY09- Gov. Palin 31 projects at $195,094,900
FFY10- Gov. Palin: 8 projects @ $69,100,000
As you can clearly see, there was a noticeable drop in federal requests year after year during Governor Palin’s administration. Governor Palin opposed much of the “stimulus”, wanting only to accept 55% of the money allocated to Alaska, specifically only dollars dedicated to infrastructure projects. Although the Alaskan legislature ultimately overturned her veto, she stood firm on her commitment to help Alaska to become more self-sufficient while not adding to not add to the skyrocketing national debt.
no. you don't get it. your opinion means nothing. you mean nothing. you can do as you please, but know that we all laugh at you. you are within your rights to post on our internet.
I'm laughing at a fat guy complaining about Clinton's fat mistress.
Governor Palin reduced spending in her budget for Fiscal Year 2010 by more than one billion dollars from the previous governor’s Fiscal Year 2007 budget, a 9.5% real reduction in spending. Her FY2010 budget was $10.57 billion compared to Governor Murkowski’s FY2007 budget of nearly $11.7 billion. At the same time, she fulfilled her campaign promise to forward fund education, allowing districts greater flexibility and predictability in their planning.
A general rule of thumb for both liberal and conservative administrations is to claim that they may reasonably increase spending every year at a rate of 2% to 3% because of inflation and that should not count against them as increased spending. Even if we use the low end of inflation at 2%, Governor Palin’s budget could have been (without calling it a spending increase): $12,413,374,459.20
Of course, the budget is not $12.4 billion; it is actually $10.57 billion. In other words, she cut spending.
In FY2007, Gov. Frank Murkowski requested $350 million in federal appropriations, which Gov. Palin reduced to $256 million in FY2008, $198 million in FY2009, and $69 million in FY2010.
Not only did Governor Palin dropped the federal requests for money by 80%, she had also been slowly chipping away at these numbers since the beginning of her administration.
FFY2007- Gov. Murkowski 63 projects at $349,497,000
FFY08- Gov. Palin 52 projects at $256,037,000
FFY09- Gov. Palin 31 projects at $195,094,900
FFY10- Gov. Palin: 8 projects @ $69,100,000
As you can clearly see, there was a noticeable drop in federal requests year after year during Governor Palin’s administration. Governor Palin opposed much of the “stimulus”, wanting only to accept 55% of the money allocated to Alaska, specifically only dollars dedicated to infrastructure projects. Although the Alaskan legislature ultimately overturned her veto, she stood firm on her commitment to help Alaska to become more self-sufficient while not adding to not add to the skyrocketing national debt.
You do know that you are supposed to cite your sources, right?
It is against the TOS to post material that is not original, and I highly doubt that you pulled these numbers out of your...head.
"Wahhh! A Canadian is posting on my boards! Wahhh! A Canadian is getting the best of me! Wahhh!"
Just stay out of our healthcare debates OK? You Canadians make fun of us so much over it, it hurts our feelings. Yes I know how bad our system system is, but quit making fun of us OK? We're trying damnit!
Seriously though the idea of Sarah Palin running against anyone is hilarious. Yes the tea party crazys love her, the other 99% of us think shes ignorant and crazy.
The reality-she isnt as dumb as she is accused of, the crazy part might just be the giant echo chamber surrounding her driving her there.
You do know that you are supposed to cite your sources, right?
It is against the TOS to post material that is not original, and I highly doubt that you pulled these numbers out of your...head.
Its a quote from a free republic posting by someone else. And that may be a copy from someone else as well. Shrug.
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