text: Yeah, I'm not a carpetbagger either. My family has been in AK for over 80 years and consists of generational fishermen and women, miners, construction workers, Police and other municipal employees. Most are still there, and they get to suffer the collapse of a selfish and spend happy state that has enjoyed the benefits of oil for decades. You want to point the finger at oil companies not paying their fair share? They've subsidised Alaska for almost 50 years. And they are publically traded corporations, not philanthropic foundations. They gave us careers, paid for the development of the state, built our roads, schools, an entire infrastructure across the north slope. They are the primary reason that native corporations like ASRC are worth billions. And our spend happy state government just said "more, more, more". But they're the bad guys? Okay..........