| When you cash your Alaska Permanent Fund dividend check this year, whack yourself on the forehead and say, "oh yeah, of COURSE we have industry!"
http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/
Listen, bub, down here in the lower 48, not only do we NOT get a free check for fifteen hundred bucks every year, but we also have to pay state income taxes! (Most of us, anyway -- Hi, New Hampshire!)
After you leave the bank, you can soothe your aching head over some king salmon and king crab and halibut, if it makes you feel better. And then smile at the nice rich tourists who are injecting even more revenue into your local economy. |