I guess we should just pay the oil companies for getting that filthy oil out of the ground up here; but they probably wouldn't even be happy with that either.
Just business for the oil industry, but resources are state wealth up here that funds everything so we don't have all the taxes you all do in lower 48. Most Alaskans feel that if we don't get the going price for oil, let her in the ground. Alaska could go 10-15 years without any tax revenue if they had to, but actually oil industry always seems to want what we have in the end after crying poverty every other year and demanding tax reductions. No joke, been watching the game since I got here 20 years back. This ain't something new.
No offense Thackney, we just differ on this picture.