Alaska has over 50 years of laws and taxes to keep Alaskans and smaller oil companies out of the oil biz Alaska has lots of oil wealth locked in the ground by the harsh and unreasonable oil & gas agency managers, the state legislature and the current Governor, but if corrected with a few changes then I feel Alaska's oil wealth can be unlocked.
If Alaskan voters change leadership in 2018, you we could unlock this oil & gas wealth then I feel everyone in Alaska would see the PFD check return to record highs and more!
This question right now is so simple, since "the House majority has clashed with the Senate's Republican-led majority over how to close Alaska's $2.5 billion deficit"!
Use the Constitutional Budget Reserve, it has well over $4 billion!
Let Alaskans vote for new leadership that will make Alaska less harsh toward fossil fuel workers and more favorable to the Alaskans that want more PFD oil money and no new taxes.
The state of Alaska has over $60 billion in the PFD and the CBR.