The downside of those 'jobs' people were 'happy' to have was the millions and millions of public money subsidizing all those 'jobs'.

When public money props up 'jobs' there is a point of diminished returns.

The Asian manufacturers netted the largest gains from Alaska's cheap priced raw resource.

We should have captured more of the gains right here in America.

Then again, it's not clear we should have ever played the whole 'mitigation' game to begin with.

There's never been any comprehensive final accounting of all that public 'beetle' spending.

One thing we can do, ….is take a wider, more realistic view the next time we hear that standardized talking point promising 'jobs', and beware the peddlers of 'crisis management'.