Post-Palin Alaska has largest debt burden in U.S.

[lonestarnot]

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0331/postpalin-alaska-largest-debt-burden/


Sarah Palin has long sold herself as a fiscal conservative, arguing against the Democrats' health overhaul on the grounds that the nation simply can't afford it.

But when the former vice presidential candidate resigned as governor of Alaska in the summer of 2009, she left the state with a 70 percent debt-to-GDP ratio -- the highest state debt burden in the United States.

That's according to data compiled by the Washington Independent's Megan Carpentier, who notes that Alaska has a debt burden similar to "that of Jordan and Palin’s favorite health care resource, Canada, and a higher ratio than Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, India, the Philippines or Uruguay."

NOW CAN THIS FUCKER JUST GO AWAY!

[SpiralHawk]

1. Typical republicon - a faux conservative

Commander AWOL Bush (R) and Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R) -- the Republicon War Presidents -- used their so-called 'conservative' policies to borrow-and-spend America's economy into the crapper for decades to come.

You just have to laugh out loud when you hear Republicons use the word 'conservative' to describe themselves.

[Blue Owl]

2. Max out the credit card, then quit

What a POS. The free pass she's getting becomes even more nauseating.

[Newest Reality]

3. That might explain why she

is being trotted around. Looks like, (from what I read) cronies and special interests were served well by her in a ruthless manner.

She is a mindless ticket to some more shockey, awe-ee financial pillaging. All she needs to do next is start bobbing her head like Reagan and start saying, "Well ... I don't know ..."

It makes perfect sense, but I don't think the sales pitch will work, nor does it seem to be. They will find someone else.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. NOW CAN THIS FUCKER JUST GO AWAY! One can only hope.

K&R

[lonestarnot]

5. That hopey changey thing works for me too!

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I don't often find myself defending Sarah Palin,

but in this case, this isn't her fault. It's actually Frank Murkowski's fault for messing up the state public employees' pension system. Sarah didn't do anything to fix it, but she didn't cause it.

Shannyn Moore, on her radio show today, was even defending Sarah on this one.

[lonestarnot]

7. Oh really. I didn't see her fat ass sticking around to manage anything any differently the quitter.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. That's true, as I said.

But the fact remains that the damage was done to our PERS and TERS systems before she showed up and can be laid squarely at the feet of former governor Frank Murkowski. Part of the reason (or most of the reason, actually) that she was elected governor was because he was so terrible. When he left office in 2007, he was the most unpopular governor in the country.

[lonestarnot]

10. The only things pugs know how to do is steal, lie and CONnive.

And prollee drink moose blood.

[upi402]

8. Hope for change baby, hope for change!

idiot Palinists

[spanone]

11. she was absolutely worthless as a governor, yet the media treats her like a superstar

she was worthless as a vice-presidential running mate

she's just fucking useless