This Is where Alaska is today. Back in the 1970's when I first arrived and many of the pioneers were sill alive. The jobs in this state were created by out of state company's or foreign nations who had the know how and resources to produce our fisheries, oil, timber and mines. Japan and the Bank of Norway owned our fisheries like BP owned the oil and in state Alaskan business people and politician's enacted laws to help them all get wealthy. Alaska was the richest state in the nation and the people now are "blamed" for all perks we like such as schools and police while the "carpetbaggers" of industry made billions they put in offshore tax shelters. Alaskans have the highest income and we paid billions each year in federal taxes including a federal tax on our PFD. The reason we had so many "perks" was being a low population state Alaska had to attract and keep people to live here. In the Lower 48 employment in AK ads were all over back then. So do I feel "guilty" for the "crisis", not.