Just Keeps Getting Better

Insty links to Mankiw: McCain veep pick is not a member...of the Pigou Club

Palin just signed a bill to suspend Alaska’s gasoline tax until Aug. 31, 2009, actually implementing in her state what John McCain advocated this year on the national scene....The bill, signed Aug. 25, also suspends taxes on marine fuel and aviation fuel for a year.

I think Senator McCain's summer-of-suspension was a gimmick. I like Palin's better because:

• It lasts for a full year;


• Alaska is in serious surplus from high oil prices, this seems a reasonable rebate mechanism


• It's anti-pigouvian.

I have to steal my favorite line from Brother ac: "I didn't know they could stack awesome this high!"

UPDATE: Dr, Helen pens a great piece that captures my enthusiasm for the VP nominee:

But [gender] is not the reason I will be pulling for her and McCain come November. For me, Sarah Palin represents many right-leaning libertarian ideas that I personally support: low taxes, gun rights, and smaller government.
[...]
Unlike many liberals, I believe that women are capable of surviving and prospering on their own -- and Palin is proof of that. And unlike some female politicians such as Hillary Clinton, Palin made it herself without the help of a career politician husband to give her an added advantage. Palin strikes me as someone who is fair to both men and women and who does not give women special rights and privileges just for the sake of being female.
[...]
And unlike Obama, who would treat fathers unfairly, with little forethought, or "chivalrous" Biden who wants to give women a free divorce lawyer, I think Palin would focus on helping Americans achieve their dreams by staying out of their way.

GOP2008 Primary Posted by jk at August 30, 2008 12:22 PM