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Ill take that as a complement coming from some union hack.....

She's quite an Adventurer,I always pick her brain and she is fun to talk to.

Am thinking she'd love to slide over and fish,then see sights..........................

You might want to study up on the pipeline to see who paid for it, and who built it. Unless you had stock in the oil companies that paid for and built the pipeline, you didn't pay for the construction of it. If you do have such stocks, then you to have profited fromt the pipeline. Also the oil has a federal tax component, so you to enjoy the benefits of oil revenues.

Yes, amongst other reasons AK is a great place to live, we have no state income or sales tax, as the state had the foresight to use it's resources to fund the state, vs giving them away to make a few wealthy. We also don't yet have enough free loaders to where our resources don't pay for the state, but that might sadly come to an end.

If you don't want to pay state income and sales taxes, move.

Simpler, to say it the way I did.....grin.

WHAT is it,about you Alaskan guys,trying to take ALL my bait outta the water?!!?......................(grin)

Hey, I never said there was a thing wrong with getting the most out of your resources. Matter of fact I think that is a great idea. The problem is that old Stick and a few others seems to think it is only good when they do it and not when a group of craftsmen get together and do the same thing.

Neither he, nor you, nor the ever eloquent Brother Dave negotiated the taxes levied on all outgoing oil. That is something that the state as a group levies and the rest of us pay. Nothing wrong with it, just don't come in here with that high handed rugged individualist stance when the rest of us are paying your taxes for you.

I have three first cousins who live there and only one pays property taxes. From what I understand, that is usually reserved for those living in the cities and towns. And here I thought you boys were all livin' on the frontier. Fightin' grizzlies with one hand and reelin' in sockeyes with the other. And none of the three pay state sales tax or state income tax.

I said it before and I'll say it again: Stick needs to grow up. It's not all about Stick all the time. Not every argument is an excuse to threaten and cuss and belittle. And judging from all of the inbox messages I've gotten there are a bunch here at the Campfire who agree with me on this one regardless of their stance on unions.

If he isn't burying a good argument under an avalanche of posts he is picking a fight as an excuse to show us all of his pictures of trophies and rifles. Give it a rest, you don't have to be a braggart every day of your life.

Will

Calling many union members craftsman is a disservice to the word.

Right on...some bait remains.

Curious to know,what taxes the DSMFers are paying for me?

Would also enjoy a treatise on why your fuel,is cheaper than mine?

As to locale,them choices is easily made,after you've sniffed around the State a bit. That your kin is as mentally challenged as you,will suprise only you........................

Remains?

Hell you ain't took on a single argument yet. Gave your buddies a high five when they weighed in. Then dance around the ones you have no answer for and throw out some insults and profanity and move on.

Why don't you go ahead and post us some nice pictures of some of those trophies of yours? Maybe a couple nice ones of those guns you have with the cute names? That'll be sure and add a lot to the thread and convince everyone you're right.

Come on. We know you want to.

Will

Ooops...it ain't bragging,if you can do it.

What you may think is inordinate good fortune or inordinate "luck",is very mundane for many. When you use the lack of accomplishment and experience,of your Life as a static barometer to weigh happenings elsewhere....the slope gets very slickery and thus your complete loss of traction.

Long way of saying,don't get pissed at the World because you are mired in nothingness,frosted with a copious layer of cluelessness and are bragging about that predicament.

Stand up,clean yourself off and try again,before it's too late. You've only you,to cuss....................

You gotta say "PLEASE" for pictures.

I see I'm over 26,000 casts into the creek,peruse 'em for inaccuracies.

I happen to very much like the odds of my relative batting percentage,but I've the luxury of not commenting upon them things,I know nothing about.

Try it sometime...................

There we go. Some more bragging and insult pandering.

Come on! Do it! Show us all those pretty pictures and tell us all a bedtime story. Tell us about the one named Elanor uncle Stick. The pink one with the pretty little skull and crossbones on it!

We haven't seen that one or the pretty little blacktail with the brown antlers in at least 3 weeks.

Will

Cry for me.

Always was a sucker for tears...................

BS definately has a good thing going. He also tends to flaunt that.

I see alot of petty jelousy tends to come out of those that don't have that and really wish they did. I doubt it would be possible, but I wonder if the folks that hate BS could honestly say they aren't just a we bit jealous of him.

Since I'm not the jealous sort, I've learned quite a bit from BS, and would say what he says is spot on, if you can keep your panties from ruffling and getting bent out of shape in the presentation.

Just because someone comes across as pompous and knowing a bunch doesn't mean they don't know of what they talk about. If you want to learn, humble yourself and see if what they say jives with reality. If it does, then take what you want from that person.

Look at Donald trump, puffed up arrogant bastard, but he sure do know how to make a dollar. If you really care about making money like that, you'd be well advised to follow how he does it. If you just get hung up on him being arrogant, then you'll always have excuses of why you don't have what he does, while secretly desiring it.

Anyhow this all fundamentally comes down to whether you want to stand up for your own rights and doing whats best for you, or having others do it for you. So yes, those who aren't pro union just migh be rugged individualists. Those that say they can't get a fair shake on their loansome, well, it is what it is.

I'd say based on what I've heard from folks having homes built and remodeled, there is a killing to be made by the guy who can show up to work on time day after day, sober, and gets work done. A general handiman can charge $50+ an hour and have all the work he wants, a heck of alot of writeoffs as a business owner, and a schedule that allows one to fish on occasion. No, there won't be someone getting the work for you, and if your client isn't the easiest to work with, you'll have to deal with it vs filing a grievence.

Oh man.....NOW he's gonna cry like Tammy Faye!

Laffin'..................

Is there a line forming somewhere to get a refund on my property taxes?

Paid $104 for 100 acres in MO worth about 200-250K, and $400 for a 1/2 acre parcel here, that's worth 40K tops probably closer to 35K.

12 grand all told in property tax last year, but I ain't moving.

DSMF-er's no savvy the expense of living here.

I liken it as a barrier,that seperates the wanna-be's,from the doer's.

Penguin's tears,are genuine..................

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The slack is copious.

In retrospect,I'm trying to remember if there has been a Whining Bitchfest,that can hang with it?

Makes me wanna mail some cheese,to go along with his Whine.

Laffin'..............

OUCH . . . . . .

Direct hit . . . .

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