The PFD was created for the Alaskan people, not the politicians.  The creation of the fund was to keep the politicians hands off the money. People have forgotten why it was created, who created it, and who it is supposed to be helping. If you were to take this $1000 cap on the PFD to the voters of Alaska - what do you think the voters would say? The fact that they ran it through the politicians instead of the voters says it all...