Our lawmakers have been trying to get their hands on the PFD for decades ...in the past the people were allowed to vote on any changes to the PFD that effected the annual PFD check designated to them...somehow that all changed when Gov. Walker got in and the people lost their say in this matter.  How did this occur?  What changed ? Now every Alaskan citizen has to foot the bill for decades of incompetence by our elected officials who knew darn well that one day the oil from the pipeline would dwindle substantially but did nothing to cut back on spending ...did nothing to form a contingency plan for the lean years. Was this their purpose all along ? To make the Alaskan citizens pay for their inadequacy? The PFD checks will soon dwindle away to almost nothing because of the five year cycle and the low oil prices so saying that this was the only way to save the PFD check was a complete falsehood half of nothing is nothing. What will they do when the new oil fields start producing?