Mutually Contradictory (Part II)

Matters of Sex aside, there's also the article of faith (AHHH, Faith) that tells us that Government is a hopeless mope when it comes to efficient management (a belief the current administration has certainly done nothing to dispel), but Business (AHHH, Business) is always an efficient mechanism. That's why Socialized Medicine which, as we "know" is advocated by those eltitist Democrats is evil. Nationalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the other hand, and bailing out other failing financial businesses, is somehow, someway, something that the otherwise-useless-government can reasonably do.
Mutually Contradictory beliefs? Surely. But still, in the one case, the government wants to Tax Me! While, in the other case, the government is going to Pay Off My Debts! The Cost-To-Me makes all the difference, doesn't it?
I think this is what Candidate Palin was referring to when she mentioned helping the "Taxpayers Of Alaska". Actually, Alaska has no taxpayers. In Alaska, as I mentioned Here:, the state pays the residents. I think what the good Governor was saying is that she got the Legislature to impose a Windfall Profits Tax on the Oil Companies, and then added that money to the annual payoff to the residents. It helped no end that the Federal Government continued to send money to Alaska in the form of the soon-to-be-repudiated Earmarks