EPT2008 US Presidential Election - Page 38
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On September 05 2008 00:01 uiCk wrote: Stewart is raping the republicans lol Wow that was hilarious. | ||
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Canada15390 Posts
Total Government Expenditures Increased 63 Percent Under Palin. In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the total government expenditures of Wasilla, excluding capital outlays, were $7,046,325. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—the expenditures were $4,317,947. The increase was 63 percent. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 1] Palin Supported Increasing Wasilla Sales Tax From 2 to 2.5 Percent to Build $14.7 Million Sports Center. “Wasilla residents have given the go ahead to building a new multiuse sports center in town and to raising the city sales tax to pay for it. With the final votes counted Friday, residents voted 306 to 286 in favor of a measure to raise the city sales tax from 2 percent to 2.5 percent to pay the estimated $14.7 million cost of building the center…Mayor Sarah Palin, who supported the measure, said the tight vote will motivate city officials to keep a close eye on the budget for the center.” [Anchorage Daily News, 3/9/02] Palin Left Behind Almost $19 Million In Long-Term Debt, Compared to None Before She Was Mayor. In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the bonded long-term debt was $18,635,000. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—there was no general obligation debt. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 10] | ||
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Mindcrime
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On September 05 2008 10:59 warding wrote: Seems like it sky rocketed simply because of one-off investment of the sports center. Being for fiscal responsibility does not mean one must oppose all large public investments, especially as a Mayor of a small town. No one said that spending was, in and of itself, irresponsible. It's the entire way she managed the budget that was irresponsible. What she did was the local government equivalent of putting tens of thousands of dollars on one's credit cards and letting the interest accrue. | ||
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poor newb
United States1879 Posts
we are already down 9.5 trillion dollars in debt because of bush, do you want it to be even more? if palin by any chance manages to be the president and spends like the way she does we are going to be fucked | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
Lincoln and Roosevelt were several realignments ago. Come on.. | ||
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Afghanistan1715 Posts
http://www.pollster.com/blogs/omero_the_palin_effect_prelimi.php By contrast, Democrats and independents across gender lines move toward Obama post-Palin. This movement has mostly been larger than McCain's movement among Republican women (independent men: +7 Obama; independent women: +5; Democratic men and women: +8 each). In fact, Obama now leads with white independent women (46% Obama, 39% McCain). ... Not only did the Palin pick negate McCain's experience "argument," as many commented, but it actually completely erased McCain's advantage, among women, in just a few short weeks. | ||
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United States3803 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/raizoo/177636e3.jpg) He will look out of place in history textbooks. Then again, since he's already the only Black Senator in the US (which is fairly pathetic) he's probably used to standing out in a crowd of politicians. The RNC was like a model of racial homogeneity. Old white men FTW! | ||
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