Is Alaska a solidly Republican state like Idaho?

[minionofmidas]

Alaska and Vermont are the only states who do not require a permit to carry concealed weapons. Alongside with the fact that Alaskadon't is the state with the lowest tax burden, it gives a pretty good idea of their nature.

Yet they voted against medical marijuana?

But the map says Alaska has freedom...which is good...because people say that...

Hmm.

They have medical marijuana for ages. They voted against total liberalization of marijuana, which is completely different.

Yes Alcon they voted down a decriminalization measure, which something like 46% of people supported. They also pay people between 800-1600 dollars a year to live in Alaska. They have no taxes and the government pays you money to live there. Sounds Libertarian to me.

"The government pays you money to live there" sounds about as unLibertarian as a place can get, actually. Sounds like the entire population of Alaska is drawing a dole from the coffers of the 48.
I recognize this kind of thing is bound to happen in ressource-wealthy, underpopulated backwaters unless they're politically oppressed...Northern Norway is similar. I also recognize it goes well with a Libertarian philosophy...the question is: How serious should you consider that form of Socialist-fed Libertarianism to be?

[minionofmidas]

Lewis, considering that the government has lots of money, the most libertarian position is truly to give it to the people rather than build bridges or whatever.

I've been to Alaska and I vote 4.

The most libertarian position would be to have never given that money to the government in the first place.

[minionofmidas]

Lewis, considering that the government has lots of money, the most libertarian position is truly to give it to the people rather than build bridges or whatever.

I've been to Alaska and I vote 4.

The most libertarian position would be to have never given that money to the government in the first place.

Oil companies are the reason that Alaska has that money. The people didn't give it to the government thus they are getting paid by the government even though they didn't pay in. Alaska has no income tax, no sales tax, and gives its citizens the excess money from its coffers. That sounds pretty Libertarian to me.

That is a pretty shortsighted view though - since the fact remains that the Oil Companies are paying that money.