Of course we wish the oil industry well. It doesnt employ as many people as its ads say, in fact, ranking behind the much maligned federal government in number of Alaska jobs. Federal employee dollars spill over more readily into the rest of our economy. Spokespersons tend to exaggerate oils contribution to the state budget by including, as if a current contribution, earnings from taxes collected and saved by wiser legislatures of decades past. However, the health of Alaskas oil industry is very important even if its friends tend to exaggerate. But we are not pals. Next time, our people should sit on the other side of the table when listening to tax proposals and think of the long term interests of Alaskans. Read more here: adn/2014/03/14/3374996/john-havelock-repeal-the-oil-tax.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:23:25 +0000
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