Either you get cheap goods at home, or death in another state. What do you choose? Governor Palin has asked the Governor of California to keep goods cheap for Alaskans while people (and animals) in California die. The LA Times explains:

“We are losing about 3,400 Californians each year because of pollution,” Lowenthal said. “No matter what Gov. Palin would like to see happen, the impact is killing Californians. I don’t think Gov. Palin truly understands the impacts going on here.”

John Casey, a spokesman for Lowenthal, added: “Maybe Sarah Palin doesn’t care about Californians.”

That is correct. Palin does not care about Californians. She does not care about the environment, about the budget, about health-care…all she cares about is making herself and her friends rich.

If she really opposes a tax, then she should ban pollution that causes severe financial strain due to health and environmental destruction. Just because she can not see it on a price tag does not mean there is not real and measured consequences, and just because it is not hurting her family directly does not mean that it is not a public concern.

Above all, the real question is why the Alaska Governor thinks she can tell the California Governor how to handle the health and welfare of people in his state.