I believe in the PFD concept – but I have never fully believed in the way we do it here:
Norway took our PFD concept and refined & improved it.Things Alaska families worry about, like: 
"Will I be able to help my kids go to school after high school?"; or
*"How can I survive when I'm too old to work & Social Security isn't enough?" Or
"My work skills & my job are less helpful to me as time goes by – How can I afford to make the changes/learn new job skills I'll need to stay successfully employable?"; or
*"Healthcare gets more expensive all the time – what am I to do?" ....

Norway took their publicly-owned oil money and put into publicly beneficial services that ease these basic burdens for Norwegian families - it's time we do the same in Alaska – and also protect our kids PFD shares for their futures- indtead of letting adults spend them before kids mature & can make their own decisions.  I believe in individual PFD benefits / but only for services like the above - not for handouts!

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