Interesting exchange on a forum about taxes in Alaska

[Joanne98]

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Originally Posted by Glitch
I get a completely different experience driving the Glenn Highway every day. The RVs always seem to leave Anchorage in twos or threes during rush hour, traveling at speeds well under 50mph. The vehicles behind them, including 18-wheelers, are forced to pull into the lefthand lane to pass them, causing everyone else to slow down to a crawl. We should enact a law to prohibit RVs from being on the road between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM, and fine those who violate that law. That would really boost our economy.

What I wave as I drive by those slow moving RVs could not be interpretted as friendly. I am sooooo glad that tourist season is over for the year.

The 18 wheelers now a days have tons of power! I have had them come up on me doing over 65 and that was uphill with them having double trailers! No more slowpoke truckers!

I remember the old windy road from Wasilla to Fairbanks, and that was no fun with Rvs. No place to pass with all the turns and such. Having to wind it up to 100 to get by someone in short order was not my idea of fun.


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09-23-2007, 03:47 AM
Karla with a K

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I can call Sweden for less on my computer than the lower 48 on a phone. But...for that amount I can maybe go to Sweden for Christmas!

Ahem !!!! aren't 2 people suppose to be coming to Florida in December ??????


karla


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09-23-2007, 03:50 AM
Arcticthaw

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Ahem !!!! aren't 2 people suppose to be coming to Florida in December ??????


karla

Karla, You still on Alaska Time????? Your up pretty late!


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09-23-2007, 01:14 PM
Karla with a K

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Originally Posted by Arcticthaw
Karla, You still on Alaska Time????? Your up pretty late!

lol I wish no I was up early
I usually get up between 4 & 4:30 am

you get a lot done that early in the morning

karla


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09-23-2007, 05:01 PM
dogpiledogs

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Originally Posted by Arcticthaw
Yes the IRS gets its share!

The way they look at taxes is kind of decieving, We really pay more than people think, they just don't know that is what is happening. We have lots more user fees than ever before and the local refinery pays the stae and extra 10% above market price to use the states share of oil in the refinery. So we pay a 10 % tax on all fuel we use, this is above the stated .08 per gallon on gas. So figure the average smaller house uses around 1200 gallons of fuel a year, I just had a fill up and the price was $2.35 a gallon.
Unleaded is running around $2.90 a gallon. You do the math.

I've been checking out condos for sale in Anchorage and am blown away at the property/real estate taxes in AK - annually they run around $2,200 or so. Here in VA, I pay a little over $1,900 for my home on 10 acres. I guess you're right - no state income tax is made up in other ways.


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[BrklynLiberal]

1. I hope that the droves of reporters that are up in Alaska by now get to the truth

and publish it so everyone can know what an inept, crooked and lying politician the barracuda really is.

[Joanne98]

2. Amen