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“Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Received Taxpayer Dollars

Doug Mataconis
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This doesn’t strike me as a a very good example of small government philosophy in action:

The company that produced Sarah Palin’s Alaska, the TLC show starring the former vice presidential nominee, is set to receive $1.2 million in state subsidies, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

The funding has led to criticism that then-Gov. Palin may have approved of tax credits for programs filmed in Alaska as a way of boosting her profile in the future.

Whether that’s the case or not, one wonders what exactly is fiscally conservative about taking taxpayer dollars for a reality show after having quit the job they elected you to.

H/T: Pajama Pundit

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10 responses to ““Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Received Taxpayer Dollars”

  1. wr Avatar
    wr

    But Doug, she had to take tax money to finance her vanity project TV show because those ethics investigations were so mean. Don’t you know anything?

  2. anjin-san Avatar
    anjin-san

    Doug…you continue to.question Sarah Palin. It’s pretty clear to everyone that you are an Islamic socialist help bent on weakening America…

  3. anjin-san Avatar
    anjin-san

    Hell bent

  4. JD Avatar
    JD

    Are these “Ratings to Nowhere”?

  5. The Pajama Pundit Avatar
    The Pajama Pundit

    Thanks for the nod Doug.

    @JD, classic!

  6. sam Avatar
    sam

    “is set to receive $1.2 million in state subsidies” — I thought the show was canceled.

  7. sam Avatar
    sam

    What's this? New formatting stuff? Let's see:
     
    Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
     
    Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
     
    Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
     
    “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Received Taxpayer Dollars

  8. sam Avatar
    sam

    Well, the link worked, but the left/right justified and centered did not.

  9. mat Avatar
    mat

    This pisses me off,  I live in alaska and I didn't even watch that piece of shit show.

  10. Davebo Avatar
    Davebo

    Let's be fair here.  The entire state of Alaska is a government funded enterprise that enjoys dozens of "perks" no other state receives.
     
    They freaking pay their citizens to live there for christs sake.  
     
    Those rugged individualists up north are the biggest welfare queens in America. 

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