text: Having applied for and received every PFD check, I appreciate the program; however, I cannot understand how you see this payment as a right. As Senator Wielechowski has been told by the courts (so far) it is an appropriation by the legislature subject to line item veto by the Governor and not a constitutional right.  This "mineral rights" argument makes no sense unless the minerals are associated with land you own.  You and I already get royalty and tax payments from the resources beneath state land to be used for the common good of Alaskans and that  "common good" is subject to definition by the government. There was no such thing as a PFD payment until after the Permanent Fund was established.The government gave you and I the PFD , or whatever we want to call it, and they can (and will) take it away.    And finally, for the foreseeable future, where do plan to come with the money and, please be very specific because the legislature cannot.