[pct-l] ANWR drilling - BLOCKED!

[griffin at u.washington.edu (Tom Griffin)]

The "permanent fund dividend," as it is called, is a bribe to the voters 
of Alaska to support as much oil drilling as possible. In 2005 every 
resident who had been living there for a year got $845.76--including 
children. The "dividend" has been going down recently as oil 
exploitation in Prudhoe Bay has diminished. Thus the pressure is on 
Stevens and the other Alaskans in Congress to let companies drill for 
more oil--wilderness be damned. The rhetoric about decreasing our 
dependence on foreign oil is just a smokescreen. Here is a link to the 
bribery--oops, dividend Web site:

https://www.pfd.state.ak.us/

Tom Griffin
Seattle



Subject:
Re: [pct-l] ANWR drilling - BLOCKED!
From:
Robert Francisco <gobig2006@gmail.com>
Date:
Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:38:27 -0800

CC:
pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net


Ted Stevens was the head of the Senate appropriation committee and thus he
understand money and how it influences votes very well.  With the oil
reserves in Alaska being depleted, the oil tax rebate that every man, woman,
and child in Alaska receives (after being a resident for one year) is in
jeopardy.  Senator Stevens knows that maintaining this "reverse tax" is the
a key voting issue for the majority of Alaskans.  Thus he is covering his
constituency base by ensuring the oil and thus the $ keeps flowing.  The
real crazy thing is that according to polls +70% of Alaskans favor ANWR oil
drilling.  I did not believe this until I spent some time up there this
summer. It's true.