It is sad that so many of us do not distinguish between the 3 components of the Permanent Fund.  The Corpus (the invested funds), the Earnings Reserve (for use by the legislature in times of need) and the Dividend, which is intended to keep us all involved.  We're involved, but it's difficult for us, and I include myself, to have the time to spend to read the bills ourselves so that we can understand what, more often than not, is being done to us and not for us.