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...passed tax plan.Critics, however, called the trip a junket, saying Parnell was trying to build support for the oil industry tax cut. There is a citizen-backed effort underway aimed at repealing the plan."I understand there are those in...
...along with a broad-based tax and along with a comprehensive review in restructuring the oil industry taxes." He said the state's oil industry taxes are antiquated and prevent the government from cashing in on shareholders' windfall profits...
...University of Alaska Southeast's Lena Port facility. Propping up the budget is $335 million in earnings from an oil industry tax settlement invested in the Alaska Permanent Fund and known as Amerada Hess. The settlement earns about $30 million...
...savings account or future revenue from the Alaska Permanent Fund. But it does take $60 million from earnings of an oil industry tax settlement invested in the permanent fund - known as Amerada Hess - to spend roads. The Senate lobbied hard this...
...may account for his penchant for supporting legislation reducing state revenues by cutting royalties and granting oil industry tax breaks. Mr. Bunde's attempt to compare extraction of non-renewable resources with the sustainable harvest of...
...Congressional Republicans - the party of low taxes and free markets - however, continue to fight to retain every oil industry tax break, refusing to even consider or comprehend their hypocrisy. For example, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who...
...constituents that their wallets are safe for another year. We rejected a statewide sales tax, an income tax and additional oil industry taxes, all pushed frantically by the left wing media. It's more obvious to me than ever after watching this year's...
...year." Elton, however, said lawmakers should consider a number of solutions, including broad-based taxes and oil industry tax royalties. "I was surprised that the governor had called a special session," Elton said. "I think two things...
...permanent fund. "My preference is an income tax," he said, adding that the state also should explore changes to oil industry taxes. He also said he supports a $100 employment head tax for education and a cruise ship head tax. He said lawmakers...
...mile jurisdiction, an area almost the size of Oregon. Borough villages were mired in third-world conditions when oil industry taxes started coming in three decades ago, and much of that bounty was spent on providing basic amenities, such as power...