The oil industry like any other business, from the smallest to the  largest,  is out to make the biggest bucks possible. They actively lobby the Legislature to attack the permanent fund dividend in order to evade possible taxes.  That was why we had the ballot proposition in 1999.. The price of oil crashed and the legislature was looking at taxing the oil industry.  Gov. Knowles to attacked the Permanent Fund.
83% of us VOTED statewide and in every single precinct told the politicians do not use earnings of the Permanent Fund to run the government. 
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NO is NO and if any politician does not understand the meaning of the word no -- they always without any question understand the meaning of the word f-i-r-e-d.
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I am not sure the legislature can save Gov. Walker's bacon from purgatory Nov. 8. and public demands for his impeachment.