"Alaskans are going to end up paying for everything while the state just keeps on spending money....."  
Well, yes. It's called (1) paying your way, and (2) electing representatives of your viewpoints to be careful as to how your money is spent. Once upon a time, before we were beholden to big oil and went on a delightful tax-free spending spree, Alaskans actually paid an income tax. Oh, dread! A Tax! Well, yes again. Not only did we survive those years just fine, we actually paid attention to how our state money was spent - and paid attention to how our elected representatives chose to divvy up what revenue there was. Operative words:  paid attention. (That's a constituent's *job*.) If it weren't for Governor Hammond, Clem Tillion and others, we wouldn't have the permanent fund today. (BTW, the original permanent fund went through a lot of angst, legal challenges, etc., before it became what we enjoy today, originally intended to be allocated by years of residence.)