@Ricknro, sure the feds will pay for 90%, if Alaska bends the knee on what they want when it comes to things like getting on same page as lower 48 when it comes to drivers licenses and gun control etc, and in return for the 90%, they will rape and pillage the resources, they will get more fishing logging and mining pushed threw and start drilling for oil everywhere they can find it, but most Alaskans will say whats wrong with that? a lot of good jobs huh?, but non of that wealth will stay in Alaska, and most of those company's are from other states or even countries, we have enough oil here in this state we should have are own refinery and be paying low gas prices, why do we send all of are oil down to lower 48 to be refined and then ship it all the way back and get bent over on prices? and that is just the start of how were getting screwed