making sure that the alaskan people get what we refer to as their dividend and we re going to make sure that that dividend is of substantial size that they re able to offset some of these costs. we ve seen what inflation has done in the past year. it s going to keep going up. so we re going to help our people with some of the windfall from the high oil prices. ainsley: we re looking at your gas prices up there. national average is $4.32. on thursday, today, $4.68 in alaska. last year it was $3.03. that s expensive. you re talking about possible relief checks, $1300 per person? we re talking about making sure that a permanent fund dividend is as close to a full dividend as possible which would include that $1300. somewhere in the neighborhood of $3700 per person. we ve always distributed a dividend for the past several decades based upon our oil royalty and stock market returns for our permanent fund. so we have a windfall now, we want to help our people. people are hurting not just
In the second phase of the ongoing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a voter turnout of 23.03 per cent was reported till 11 am on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India.
just two years ago. stateses with the priceyest gas right now include california, hawaii and nevada. states with the cheapest gas right now, lucky ducks, oklahoma, $2.98. the only state under $3 a gallon right now. texas is right at $3. arkansas, $3.03. in the chicago area, $3.69 behind me. we re jealous. i m sure you are, too, over in new york. charles: yeah, no doubt about it. always jealous with stuff like that. thanks, grady. see you soon. so think americans are not feeling this inflation pinch? think again. a new poll says 77% of you are personally impacted by these price spikes. yikes! i want the read from scott martin. scott, you know, it s earning season on wall street and every corporation says the same thing. supply chains, inflation and it s destroying a lot of the
where was it last year? stuart: oh, that s easy, it s $ 3.04, correct that, $3.03 average price now, exactly one year ago, one year ago today, it was $1.96 per gallon. steve: holy cow. stuart: we ve gone way up from one year ago. the days of $1 and change gasoline are gone. by the way, steve, the average price for a gallon of regular nationwide, 3.03. do you know what it is in california, right now? the average price for a gallon of regular in california, i ll tell you, it s $4.16 a gallon. that s california. and by the way, it s almost certainly going up from here, whether it s the 3.03 national average or the 4.16 california average, it s going up from here we ve been couped up for the whole of the past year. steve: absolutely. stuart: we re eager to get out and spend some of the money that we ve got all in our bank accounts if we ve got any in our bank accounts we re eager to
i can t pay my mortgage with this money that i m paying for gas. it has a dramatic effect on the u.s. economy. so this could be a big political liability, of course, for the president in november. but one thing republicans are not mentioning is that under george w. bush we took a look at it, four years ago, this month, february of 2008, the fact of the matter is gas prices were averaging about $3.03. 50 cents less than now. but still very high. over $3 a gallon. this is a problem that s been building in republic and democratic administrations. and both parties have done very little about it, shep. shepard: that s energy. and new word today on taxes. as the president is proposing a change in corporate tax rates and really structure too, ed. right. he wants to basically cut the corporate tax rate from 35% down to 28%. mitt romney wants to go even further down to 25%. but the white house believes that by also eliminating what they believe are unnecessary tax breaks for some corporat