Wait a cotton picking minute, Jesse.  I grew up in Alaska too and long before Big Oil moved in the southeast panhandle communities worked hard and lived off of timber, fisheries, and tourism.  The timber industry disappeared because of Louisiana Pacific's corporate greed, and our then Republican congressional delegation (Frank, Don, Ted) did absolutely nothing to help save the industry.  The fishing industry is almost dead, and now communities are hanging by the tourism hair.  And by the way, so-called con(servatives) never have had the handle on a hard working class off people.  Everyone that can get their butt out of bed and earn a paycheck to take care of themselves is hard working.  Stop your stupid stereotyping that families of ten are moving in and taking over just to get a dividend.  What's your occupation, Jesse?  Let us determine if you earned a hard working living.  Come on, Sparky, fess up.