governor sarah #palin accomplishments #palin2016

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Yes, a candidate should have a record. I challenge all potential candidates to match this. To be fair and give other candidates a fair chance, I did not include her achievements as a Council woman or Mayor, though these achievements must be duly noted by all.  Besides, I was getting tired from typing.

Here’s our Candidate’s Record…Governor Sarah Palin

You will notice she serves for the people; she prioritizes, cutting taxes, building surpluses and savings, then appropriates to programs that help education, seniors, and children with special needs!

  • 93% Historic High approval rating
  • Cut State Spending 9.5% 2007 to 2010
  • Reduced Federal Earmarks 80%
  • Invested $5 billion dollars State Savings
  • Overhauled Education Funding
  • Implemented Senior Benefits Program
  • Used her authority to Line item VETO to cut superfluous spending in 2007
  • Used her authority in 2008 to VETO 361 line items to reduce $80.3 million in proposed spending in 2009
  • Cut SPENDING more than 33% in FY 2010 from FY 2009’s Budget
  • Signed energy legislation suspending the state motor fuel tax
  • Signed legislation opposing a Federal Aviation fuel tax
  • Lowered unemployment insurance tax rates (2 years in a row)
  • Reformed State Pension program resulting in decreasing debt liabilities by 34%
  • Her fiscal policies were responsible for Credit upgrade from AA to AA+ in April 2008 (Standard and Poor)
  • Her fiscal policies were responsible for Credit upgrade from AA+ to AAA in November 2010 (Moody’s)
  • Accumulation of multiple budget reserves equal to more than 200% of the general fund budget due to Legislation like ACES
  • $12 Billion dollars in savings due to ACES and a $5 Billion dollar surplus
  • Spent less on travel expenses than her two predecessors despite having a larger family. $913 Thousand less her first two years than Murkowski did his last two years
  • She rejected a gubernatorial pay raise
  • Signed ACES, a net tax on oil profits passed in a bipartisan manner and transparency. Constituents had 17 days to read a draft of the bill before legislators discussed it
  • Record number of oil jobs in each year from 2007, when ACES was implemented, to 2009
  • Number of Oil companies filling taxes with the state doubled between 2006 and 2009 due to ACES
  • Natural resources and logging jobs increased 13.7% during Palins tenure
  • Introduced the Alaska Gasoline Inducement Act (AGIA) in March 2007. Passed the Legislature in huge bipartisan manner by a vote of 57-1 in May 2007
  • Served as Vice Chair of the National Governors Association
  • Served as the Natural Resource Committee and Chairman of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission
  • Chair, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
  • Alaska was 2nd in job growth compared to all other states during her leadership
  • Alaska was 3rd in the nation in terms of change in the unemployment rate relative to the national average
  • Alaska saw record number of oil jobs in both 2008 and 2009.
  • Cut business license fees in half during her tenure
  • Alaska moved up from the 4th most business tax friendly state to the 3rd most business
  • friendly state during her tenure
  • Signed legislation allowing Alaska-based businesses the same opportunities as our of state businesses, within Alaska
  • Alaska’s exports grew to a record high $4 Billion in 2006, a 12.6% increase
  • Alaska’s exports for 2007 reached $3.9 Billion, the second best year for exports
  • Fought for and signed sweeping BIPARTISAN Ethics legislation which restricted lobbyists, improved disclosure laws, and improved executive and legislative branch ethics laws
  • In the face of corruption Gov. Palin took on her own party
  • Gov. Palin opened up natural gas pipeline deals to all potential parties
  • Gov. Palin DID NOT ALLOW lobbyists in her office
  • Forward funded EDUCATION to allow districts greater flexibility.
  • Supported increased vocational training and early education funding
  • Offered to PERSONALLY TALK to students considering dropping out of school
  • Opened up opportunity to Alaskan students to participate in regional medical school
  • Increased overall funding for SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION 175%
  • Increased funding for the Alaska Youth Challenge Academy 18.8% in her first year in office
  • Gov. Palin’s FY 2008 Capital budget included $2.5 Million for special needs housing which included $250 Thousand for SPECIAL OLYMPICS facility upgrades
  • Introduced health care TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION to provide consumers factual information on QUALITY and COST to make better informed decisions
  • Recognized that healthcare must be MARKET AND BUSINESS driven, rather than RESTRICTED by Government
  • Proposed repeal of Certificate of Need- A layer of bureaucracy that prevents medical facility development
  • ESTABLISHED the Alaska Health Strategies Planning Council in the Office of the Governor
  • REDUCED Medicaid assessments for Seniors, those who are disabled and those who are ill by 83% of her predecessor
  • EXPANDED Alaska’s Senior benefits program even signing emergency authorization between the legislatures general and special sessions
  • Joined multi-state amicus brief authored by the state of Texas in support of the 2nd Amendment right of individual Americans to bear arms
  • Life member of the National Rifle Association
  • Chose to monitor rather than participate in national standards for education noting state and local standards and accountability are better
  • Transitioned responsibility for the quality of Alaska water resources from Federal to STATE CONTROL
  • Commander in chief of National Guard and also the Alaska State Defense Force
  • Shared STRATGIC COMMAND over the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaskan National Guard which is on permanent duty
  • Gov. Palin was briefed on highly classified military issues, Homeland Security, and Counterterrorism
  • Supports both parental notification and parental consent laws for abortion
  • Supported state constitutional amendments or legislation that would have stated abortion is not a right & made coerced abortion a crime
  • Signed the “Safe Haven” bill into law
  • Extended the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
  • Made it Mandatory that the governor and the Board of Parole to work together to ensure any decision on clemency is based on a thorough review of the case and made in deference to victims and their families
  • Expanded Alaska Homeless Council
  • Directed multi departmental effort to improve aviation safety
  • Signed aviation, consumer protection legislation

By Wayne Mazza: Full List Governor Palin Accomplishments & Views on Issues

governor #palin: highest favorability in gop 2016 field #palin2016

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Though former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not included in a Public Policy Polling survey of potential 2016 Republican presidential contenders, she was still overwhelmingly the most liked person among Republican primary voters.

According to Public Policy Polling:

The best liked person we tested on this poll with Republican primary voters is actually Sarah Palin who has a 70/20 favorability rating. She’s followed by Huckabee at 64/18, Ryan at 58/18, Paul at 58/21, Bush at 56/18, Cruz at 45/20, and Christie at 40/38. Most of those numbers are similar to what they were a month ago but Christie’s seen a substantial drop from +18 at 47/29 a month ago to his new +2 net favorability.

The left-leaning polling outfit asked Republican primary voters, “Given the choices of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Scott Walker, who would you most like to see as the GOP candidate for President in 2016?”

Huckabee led among the group with 16% to 14% for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; 13% for Chris Christie; 11% for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY); 8% each for Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Paul Ryan (R-WI); 6% for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; and 5% for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Ten percent of respondents either wanted someone else or were unsure of their preference.

The poll asked respondents how they viewed Palin in a separate question at the conclusion of the poll, and Palin’s favorability numbers show why former South Carolina Senator and Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint said that Palin’s endorsement was the most influential in a Republican primary. The poll was conducted January 23 to 26 and has a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points.

Breitbart’s Tony Lee: POLL: SARAH PALIN HAS HIGHEST FAVORABILITY RATING AMONG GOP PRIMARY VOTERS

obama the frightening disaster: US central command twitter & youtube accounts hacked by #isis

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The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command has been hacked, and is carrying messages promoting the Islamic State — including one that says, “AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS.”

Another page shows what appears to be an image from a computer web cam in a military facility. An accompanying tweet says, “ISIS is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base.”

Central Command officials say they are “aware” of the issue and are “addressing” it.

“This is bad,” one Central Command source told Fox News.

The Twitter account now carries an image identifying the page as “CyberCaliphate,” with a message that says, “I love you ISIS.”

The page has started posting screen shots of information about military commanders, including phone numbers and email addresses.

The same image at the top of the hacked Twitter page has also been emblazoned atop Central Command’s YouTube page.

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gov #palin: “noticeable absence – man who promised in ’08 to restore america’s image…nominated for #nobelpeaceprize 2wks into this failed presidency”

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After the atrocious attacks of September 11th, the world unified behind our great nation, stiffened its collective spine, and took a stand against Islamic terrorism. Following last week’s brutal attacks in Paris by Muslims with the same evil terroristic beliefs as the 9/11 savages, today the world came together again against the death cult that is the radical Islamic “faith.” The largest crowd in Paris’ history just proclaimed “Je Suis Charlie” as Germany’s Prime Minister locked arms with the President of France and marched the streets that her country had occupied generations ago. The heroic Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the King and Queen of Jordan, the UK’s Prime Minister, the President of Mali, the Palestinian President, and so many others all put differences aside to proclaim, “Enough is enough! Evil shall not triumph!”

There was one noticeable absence – the man who promised in 2008 to restore America’s image around the world…the man nominated for the Nobel Peace prize just two weeks into this failed Presidency…the man who would seek to destroy those who effectively question what he is doing to America and her allies. Where was President Obama? Or even, in his stead, Vice President Biden? Secretary Kerry? I’ve no idea what took precedence on our President’s schedule this weekend, but America was MIA as the rest of the civilized world unified against Islamic fundamentalism.

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I humbly dare speak for many concerned Americans tonight in asking, “Good God, Mr. President, we were once known as the leader of the free world, standing for what is right! You must not let America’s sacrifices be in vain. When will you learn that actions speak louder than your words?”

To the people of France, please know that we, the American people, stand with you in this fight against the insanity that is Islamic fundamentalism. Americans love our fellow man seeking peace, so we cry with you, “Je suis Charlie!”

There are more of us than there are of them. Barack Hussein Obama, do not give an inch to this evil.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/America-snubs-historic-Paris-r…

– Sarah Palin

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dec #jobsreport: record 55,807,000 women unemployed; labor participation rate 26yr Low

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A record 55,807,000 women 16 years and older did not participate in the labor force in December, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This means that 55,807,000 women in the United States did not have a job and did not actively seek one in the past four weeks.

The number of women not in the labor force increased from 55,195,000 in November to 55,807,000 in December, an increase of 612,000.

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The participation rate for women hit a record low for this year of 56.6 percent, which also matches the 56.6 percent seen in September 1988, a 26-year low. The labor force participation rate, as calculated by the BLS, is the percentage of this population that either has a job or actively sought one in the last four weeks.

The number of employed women decreased from 69,247,000 in November to 69,042,000 in December, a decline of 205,000. However, the number of unemployed women also declined from 4,195,000 in November to 3,878,000 in December, which means there were 317,000 less unemployed women in September.

The unemployment rate for women declined from 5.7 percent in November to 5.3 in December.

CNS News: Dec #JobsReport: Record 55,807,000 women unemployed; Labor Participation Rate 26yr

holy crap: 93 million adults not working or real unemployment is 37.3% @drudge @sarahpalinu

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A record 92,898,000 Americans 16 years and older did not participate in the labor force last month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The BLS defines people not in the work force as people 16 years and up who are not employed and haven’t “made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.” The labor force participation rate — or the “The labor force as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population” — also dipped back down to 62.7 percent, from 62.9 percent in November.

September also saw a labor force participation rate of 62.7 percent, however prior to then, the last time the rate hit 62.7 percent was in February of 1978.

While the level of labor force participation declined — due not only to potentially discouraged workers but also baby boomers hitting retirement age — the BLS reported Friday that in December the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent, payroll jobs increased by 252,000 but 456,000 dropped out in November.

“Today’s solid employment report caps off a strong year for the U.S. labor market, which achieved a number of important milestones in 2014,” Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said in a statement. “Total job growth last year was the strongest since 1999, while the unemployment rate fell at the fastest pace in three decades.”

“Although nominal wages fell in December, inflation-adjusted wages have generally been rising, and job growth has picked up in sectors that traditionally provide good, middle-class jobs,” he added.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reacted to the labor news by touting the jobs bills the new Republican Congress have been pushing, including the Keystone pipeline.

“It’s always welcome news when more Americans find work,” he said. “Yet while the economy is showing some signs of improvement, far too many middle-class families are struggling to bridge the gap between rising costs and stubbornly flat paychecks.”

RECORD 92,898,000 AMERICANS NOT IN THE WORKFORCE

political trailblazer #sarahpalin to keynote #nape2015 decision maker’s breakfast #houston

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FORT WORTH, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NAPE is pleased to announce that Sarah Palin, the former Governor of Alaska and first female vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party, will give the keynote address at NAPE’s Decision Maker’s Breakfast in Houston on February 12 at the Hilton Americas. The Decision Maker’s Breakfast takes place during the annual NAPE Summit, the world’s largest upstream expo. Each year, the networking breakfast hosts a prominent speaker to examine key issues facing the oil and gas industry.

“We are honored to have Governor Palin keynote the annual Decision Maker’s Breakfast and share her valuable insights gained from her political career”

“We are honored to have Governor Palin keynote the annual Decision Maker’s Breakfast and share her valuable insights gained from her political career,” said Marty Schardt, executive vice president of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL). “From serving as chair of Alaska’s powerful Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, where she earned public praise for whistle blowing on corruption issues, to being the first female and youngest Governor of Alaska, her experience has provided her a unique perspective on industry. I know NAPE attendees will find her policy knowledge and industry outlook to be of great value.”

Known as a fearless and independent trailblazer – and named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” Governor Palin has the distinctive ability to unite, engage and attract audiences as she shares her insight into the issues facing our country today. At the 2015 Decision Maker’s Breakfast, she will address today’s critical issues such as energy independence as well as her perspective on current politics and the 2016 elections.

The Decision Maker’s Breakfast will take place at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 12 prior to the opening of the NAPE exhibit floor at 8 a.m. Launched in 1993, NAPE has become a must-attend event for those looking to initiate and close deals in the upstream space. Next month’s expo is expected to draw close to 17,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors.

To register for the Decision Maker’s Breakfast, visit NAPE’s website (note that seating is limited). To attend additional NAPE Summit events – such as the Icebreaker, Business Conference or Charities Luncheon – please visit http://napeexpo.com/ for more information.