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and one last thing. A quick bit of searching provided plenty of info about the dividend cheques that every alaskan citizen is receiving. It's similar to the "ralph bucks" albertans got for oil revenues when klein was our premiere, only alaskans get substantially more than we did.

here's an msnbc article profiling it, and here's a wikipedia article that goes a bit more in depth as to where the money is coming from.

Alaskans get $1,107 — just for living there! - Wonderful World - MSNBC.com

Alaska Permanent Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So, in my views, ethan points out a very valid argument as to why Palin's approval rating was so high. Alaska is a huge republican majority, this would bode very well for the republican demographic feeling that their state's revenues were being put directly back into their pockets, as opposed to being reinvested in state programs.

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