[Eye of Unk]

I bet renewed interest in cashing out the PFD takes hold. No more yearly Permanent Fund Dividend payed each year to every legal Alaskan resident.

We do have a lot of welfare families up here and Alaskans do have a boom or bust mentalty, they would rather gamble with getting a many thousands of dollars PFD cashout than a continued steadily dropping in size PFD check or deposit.

[Eska]

They'll never cash out the PFD, they want all of it and will get it someday; but just think about all the fun we will have in the process; keeping them from it that is.

I don't see Alaska ever seceding as we are becoming more like the East Coast Americans everyday, though it might be a very slow boiling of the frog.

We still have way more freedom than found anywhere else within the USA.