Mr. Moen conveniently fails to mention Alaska's nearly $7 BILLION in UNFUNDED PENSION OBLIGATIONS.  Owed mostly to his PERS/TRS union cohorts.    

Most people in the (ever shrinking) private-sector middle-class already took significant hits on jobs/pensions/wages. Now ak.gov employees will get their chance to experience the same. Note: They scream much louder than the private sector. 

So it begs the question:  Will the inevitable "house cleaning" happen BEFORE or AFTER the PFD is obliterated and more taxes are forcibly extracted from the productive class?  Make no mistake, they will take every last dime.  

$23,000 spent by ak.gov for EVERY Alaskan each year...and the legislature can't find anywhere to significantly cut the budget?   Keep reminding yourself of that every time you're out and about.  Visualize everyone you see as a stack of money ($23K) the state is spending on our collective "behalf".    

Who is responsible?

ANYONE who believes in something for nothing. That's who.