The industry has paid for nearly all of state government and all of the permanent fund.  It is the state that blew through all the money - and now like an addict wants one more fix.  The state could have kept government spending at $2 billion a year and had $200 Billion in the permanent fund instead of $50 billion.  I get reeeeaally tired of the vilification of the only industry that provides significant revenue to the state.  Run them out and see what our budget looks like