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Originally Posted by wowitsdark  Uhhhhh.... no.
The citizens of Alaska own that oil.
They may not have *worked* for it, but legally they are royalty owners because they are citizens of the state, and therefore were entitled to receive payment in some form for the sale of their minerals.
That's the way she chose to do it. | Actually that's the way it's been done in Alsaka for along time. The legislation was passed in 1979 and the first payments went out in 1982. . .hardly Palin's idea. 
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