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Current fiscal policies limit choices on oil taxes

As I drive along the spur, north of Kenai, I see more signage going up stating "Vote No on 1." It seems small and medium size businesses understand who runs this State, Big Oil. Certainly our politicians understand. If the mega-oil companies do not get what they want they will pack their bags and leave. Many individuals believe these behemoths would never abandon Alaska. However, Corporations have only one fiduciary responsibility. It's all about making more money. And so they do. Rules and regulations ignored. Pay the fines as long as the profits continue. Just ask the big banks.
Think carefully about Ballot Measure 1

So you want to repeal the oil tax incentive. Are you related to the people who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs? The oil companies have financed this...
What others say: What's the revenue on a barrel of nothing? abandoned or it has to be defended to the point of inanity.Such is the case with the ongoing effort to repeal the oil tax reform passed in April 2013 as Senate Bill 21. The proponents of repeal and reversion to the previous regime known as...
Voices of Alaska: 'Giveaway' sound bite a dangerous distraction

...Oil Production Tax: Comparing the Old and the New" which has been placed in the center of the debate to repeal the new oil tax enacted by the passage of Senate Bill 21. His analysis is thoughtful, but the title is misleading and should be retitled...
6 Native corporations to fight oil tax referendum

...500,000 to fight efforts to repeal the state's new oil tax structure.The coalition, "No One on One," is joining...Natives says that group doesn't plan to take sides in the oil tax debate. A spokesman for Juneau-based Sealaska Corp...
Parnell signs budget bills, makes no vetoes

...French, D-Anchorage, said the oil tax cut and budget are dangerous for Alaska's...state's fiscal outlook is to repeal the oil tax. Wielechowski, for example, favors...higher oil prices. A referendum on the oil tax is scheduled for August.Parnell...
Voices of Alaska: Oil industry crucial to Alaska economy

...and everything else.That's why oil tax reform is an Alaska problem, not...long-term future for our state by passing oil tax reform. The new law only went into...on Aug. 19. A vote no will keep oil tax reform in place, which will help...
Senate hopeful asks foe to help end attack ads

...time because the airwaves are crowded with ads for the Senate race and an August ballot question to repeal Alaska's new oil tax structure, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.Under the pledge, outside groups have incentive to stand down...
Les Gara: SB 21 contains troubling provision

...little mentioned, troubling facts about Alaska's 2013 oil tax rollback - Senate Bill 21. For one, proponents inserted...hands out a roughly 40% reduction on SB 21's already low oil tax. Forty percent off 27% is roughly 16%. That's a banana...
Gov handles range of questions in online town hall

...JUNEAU - Gov. Sean Parnell said repealing the state's oil tax system would "kill" oil production.During an online...challenged in court as unconstitutional.On the issue of the oil tax referendum, scheduled for the August primary ballot...


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