Sarah Palin whilst governor engineered the ACES tax.
Before her, EXXON BP CONOCO essentially paid ALASKA NO TAX on oil.
They had been ripping off the state and its people since the pipeline went in.
Under PALIN the state started getting some oil tax revenue - may 10 billion per year.
So anyone who thinks they understand Gov. Palin probably does not.
She was pro-tax and went up against Big Oil. I tell this story to many people and most do not believe me.
Our current geniuses in JUNEAU just killed Palin's ACES tax.
So the state is now going back to getting nothing for our black gold.
But this is way off topic so I will stop now.