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Palin Billed taxpayers $13,000 to Attend Religious Events and Meetings - AP Report


It just keeps getting better. An Associated Press review out today reports that Sarah Palin had no problem billing taxpayers for her trips back to Wasilla to attend church, as well as other religious events around the state: "What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees." "An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate's record as mayor and governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state." "Since she took state office in late 2006, the governor and her family have spent more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds to attend at least 10 religious events and meetings with Christian pastors, including Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical preacher Billy Graham, records show." As a firm believer in the separation of church and start, this is particularly galling. But will the voting public care that the Gov was pursuing her personal religious crusades on the taxpayers' dime? Of course, one has to remember that Palin doesn't answer to the people of her state, but to her belief in a higher power: ""As I'm doing my job, let's strike this deal. Your job is going be to be out there, reaching the people — (the) hurting people — throughout Alaska," she told students graduating from the church's Masters Commission program. "We can work together to make sure God's will be done here."" For a detailed list of all of the various events Palin billed her taxpayers for, click on the workable link in the comments section below.

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This would rile the Alaskans. Even though they don't pay any state taxes and get the Permanent Fund Dividend instead.

It's the oil companies, and other businesses, who supply the AK revenue.

And is it just me, or has anyone else noted that the key to SP's popularity as governor has been an increase if the state "dividend" paid for by increased extraction taxes on the oil companies that do business in Alaska. How does that square with the McCain campaign's crusade to decease corporate taxation. Quite a maverick.
Sounds like a vetting problem to me. but maybe that's actually kinda like what McCain is proposing to do with the Federal treasury, only instead of raising taxes, he's planning to borrow the money from China (aka "Red China.")

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