Seriously ?   It took a think tank of bureaucrats, and economists to figure this one out ?  It's simple, , .....if you don't fairly distribute taxation, then it hurts the economy.  If you don't tax, then government can' provide the assets and services that businesses and individuals need to succeed.   PFD raid nails the poor and working class, and allows the wealthy, industry businesses and corporations a free ride on their backs.  Whether you like it or not, natural resources in Alaska are a property right of the citizens of Alaska........and i's a helluva lot better than states that sell all the public assets to the wealthy. Why should the rich be allowed to own all of God's resources.  Seriously ?