I love taxes. Check it out.

The North Slope Borough collects approximately a half billion dollars every year in property taxes on all residences, businesses and our oil fields. Each year the borough budget pays into the NSB Permanent Fund with the rest spent on citizenry. The NSB Permanent Fund is a $30 billion stash for when Prudhoe Bay runs dry plus our residents enjoy roughly $40,000 spent per person-per year on schools, housing, swimming pools, and a darn nice brand new hospital. 

Barrow runs on a natural gas seam underneath us and the borough pays for heating oil and delivery by air to all of our villages. We enjoy the cheapest natural gas in the country and the cheapest electricity in the state. We even burn our garbage with a giant natural gas incinerator. 

Every ASRC shareholder receives $5,000 to $50,000 per year in ANCSA native dividends, plus PFD's. Oh yeah, our NSB mayor gets more pay than the guv plus his/her own Lear Jet. 

Again, I LOVE taxes. Can you dig me now?