text: You don't say where you're from so I'm not sure how you are getting screwed. Alaska is part of the United States of America. Almost anyone who wants to can live here. They don't pay us to live here, we do it because there are so many un-educated ranters and ravers in the other 49 states that we enjoy the distance between us and them.\nIf you are truly interested in how & why the PFD was created and how it works. Come on up, spend a couple of winters, freeze your butt off.Then you can laugh at some of the things people out there believe. \nMaybe next time we can talk about the Bridges to Nowhere