Well, it is official--the PFD (a payment--interest from some $30 billion in investments-- that goes to every qualified Alaskan) this year will be $2069. In addition, we will get $1200 in state funds that were essentially windfalls from the high oil prices.

This means my family of three will get $9807, which is great. Our old wood stove started to fall apart and the new one cost over $1000. And we still owe a lot of dough from my wife's medical bills when she almost died last year and ran up $12,000 in two days--we have no health insurance.

I own a small retail business but sales have tanked--in February, for instance--my gross sales for the MONTh came to $20.

Some Alaskans piss away the dough on booze and drugs. Many responsible young folks sock the dough away fro college.

We will use almost all the money to pay down--just down, not off--credit card bills.

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Good for you.

Does it make up for living in such a miserable wasteland?

Does either you or your wife work, other than your small business? What is your small business anyway? $20 a month is a very small amount...im not one to point the obvious, but that business sounds like it is worthless to keep running unless you dont always make $20 a month.

That's pretty nifty indeed.

$20! What business are you running?

What's the public health system like there? Does the PFD make up for it?

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Love, Swibbles

that's cool. how much credit card debt do you have? almost 10k is a lot to pay DOWN your debt... i guess you have to live off your credit cards during low income times?

Our private health care trumps your public health care.

When you say 'Your'; you are talking to me? Do you know where I live?

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He sells weaponry.

$3000 per person per year isn't a lot. I'd prefer if the state government put that money towards something that could boost the local economy in the long term as well.

$12000 for two days medical care is entirely too much. Unless they had every doctor within 1000 miles in consulting, that's totally unrealistic. I wouldn't pay that. You can buy two human kidneys for that much.

There is a good site with information for telling creditors to fuck off - i think it's something like tetso.com or something.

i remember you saying how poverty stricken you and your wife are. i mean, wtf, why? get a real job, jerk!

and no health insurance? surely if you make so little you qualify for medicaid. hell, you're over 60 now right? isn't that the cutoff for medicare?

move your ass!

Whatcha all hating on armsmerchant for??

Assholes.