Palin has a lot of rhetoric about fiscal conservativism – but as governor she was the queen of pork. Unlike Sanford, who had to be sued to take the stim money, she made a show of not taking it – then flipped and took all but a very small bit. Per capita, Alaska gets more fed $ than any other state. And their budget is not in the red anymore. She put in place high taxes on the oil companies (corporate taxation – not a good conservative principal.) And now that revenue stream has slowed since the price per barrel dropped.
// begin snark
yeah… I’m a social liberal (fiscal conservative) who tends to vote Dem… I’m quaking in fear of Palin. //snark.
