Federal Tax & Bailout 2008

After finishing as a runner up for Miss Alaska 1984, Sarah Palin went on to be crowned the state’s Queen of Earmarks and its Empress of Fiscal Irresponsibility. Wonk Room: Sarah Palin: Earmark Queen Of The Earmark State In 2000, Sarah Palin, as mayor of the Alaskan town of Wasilla, hired a Washington lobbyist to secure federal earmarks for her community. This is not totally atypical in her state. Alaska’s government receives more money per capita in federal earmark money than any other