You make a valid point. Perhaps the "Dividend" (worth $1,000) should become the new Alaska currency we can use to measure the cost of government.  For example Richard's original contract was for 50 "Dividends" and the extension cost us 10 "Dividends".   So we spent 60 "Dividends" alone in sole source procurements for the last Attorney General  to stay on the payroll.  And what about that guy who is costing us 500 "Dividends" each year to head the AGDC?