Alaskans paying $11.00 a gallon for milk

11.00 for milk and people want that bimbo palin for vp ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Its not Palin's Fault. transportation in alaska is much mrore expensive. Prices are also quite high in Hawaii. Notice it also said in rural areas. Anchorage and other larger cities it is lower.
It cost alot more to transport goods to Alaska specially the rural areas. As, for gas they have to ship the il to refineries even from Alaska then back.

Um, no.

The Permanent Fund Dividend check that Alaskans receive is funded by the oil companies. It is only around 1500 dollars per person.

I think Palin got the folks more than that by announcing her idea to the press before running it by the legislature. How could the legislature then say 'no'?

Hmmm...so maybe there is something that's government funded. Wasn't there when I lived in AK awhile back.

Maybe the milk is so expensive because they don't teach the kids about condoms and oral sex?

You also get taxed on it. Pluse if you need assents they use that aganst you too. So Please we are not rich up here. It cost to much to be rich unless your Doctor of some pratice then your rich. too.

all the same, you get a COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE!

i may have this confused with the military and government COLA. i am air force, but i was told that citizens get something similar. i could be wrong.

The $3200.00 that we just recieved from oil revenues and Gov. Palens energy relief plan hardly covers the inflated prices people are paying for almost all goods and serviceshere in Alaska. Additionally, it is money that is not recieved from the US government. Why is it so hard for some people to think before they open there mouth sometimes?

As a 15 year resident of Juneau, Alaska, I can assure you that there is no cost of living assistance from the feds for living here, unless you are a federal employee. That amount (the COLA) is around 18% above comparable pay grade down south. The only thing we get from the feds in large dose is regulation, taxation, and restrictions on the use of our own state's lands.

If you are curious about why Alaska receives more federal money than other states per capita, it is in large part because of federal mandates for spending on municipalities, schools, and NGOs. Oh, and our construction season is only around 3 months long, compared to ten to twelve months down south.

yea and this year we alaskans got $3269, it goes up every year
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Yes but that $2,000 does not go very far with the prices they have to pay for food believe me.

ok, i understand. it is paid out by the state through oil companies. so Alaska residents do get a form of COLA. oh and mrmidol, i would check my spelling before i insinuated that someone was stupid. if you can't figure it out then i am sorry.

This year fruit runs 5.00 for cantalope . that a pound. Grapes are 4.00ib and this is in Fairbanks. Its called frieght shippng.

There is no excuse for any type of food being that expensive. People are saying we need to teach our children to make healthy selections in their diets. At these costs, no wonder obesity is so common. You cannot afford to feed them properly. By the way, I would love to visit Alaska. I here it is absolutely beautiful there.