Thousands do rely on the pfd, and it will break them.  Thousands of people rely on the pfd to buy larger expense items thay can't be purchased without a large bank account.  Home/auto repair, home buying, fuel/ wood purchases, winterizes vehcials, buying new tires.  The people who need pfds DO have jobs.  We are paying out the wazoo just to have electricty.  The wood burners can't heat their homes anymore, so now we get to pay thousands more just to buy fuel.  Every Alasakan will feel the loss of the pfd.  Every Alaskan except our legislators who do infact make their living with free handouts.  They are the ultimate welfare queens.  Get paid gobs of money with lots of perks and actually accomplish nothing.