text: Governor Walker did not halve the size of the PFD. He capped it at $1,000.00. As recently as 2012 and 2013 the PFD was less than $1,000.00. In those years recipients would have received the entire amount if the PFD had been capped at $1,000.00. The average amount over the life of the PFD has been $1,150.00. All of this sniveling about the cap on the PFD and a court challenge at this point will indeed only serve as another distraction from resolving the serious issues related to addressing the budget deficit.