Originally Posted By: Ursae_Majoris
Originally Posted By: Vikas
I am surprised that gas costs $3.28 in Alaska. I guess when state sends thousands of dollars of checks to every resident, the money has to come from somewhere
- Vikas
You do not have a clue what PFD is do you???
Read up first before running your mouth off. PFD checks come only out of PFD fund earnings, tied to a 5-year average performance. PFD principal is in the constitutionally protected account (Feds could learn from it as far as Social Security goes). It just so happens that our State Constitution was set up by smarter/business savvy people than a lot of Lower 48 Constitutions. PFD amount is not guaranteed, I've seen it as low a couple of hundred dollars. And we do pay taxes on it.
Do not even go to a "bridge to nowhere". Feds locked up 97% of the Alaskan land in one nature/oil/spotted owl preserve or another. Take off the handcuffs and let us develop our own economy, we won't need the pork. If Lower 48 politicians deny us the right to economic development, then they have to support Alaska financially.
Dont get so hostile there-Wow. Most of us dont know how it works up there, the press doesnt tell us that part. But, I do want to say I apprieate your enthusism and "Go get em attitude. I was always under the impression we purchased Alaska for its rich resources, a industrial trough to run our country and energy, packed with resources. It makes me as mad as you that we somehow labeled it a wildlife preserve instead of its original purpose. Harvesting Alaska would be good for you and the rest of the country.