Well, that is at least partially true.  But a good chunk of the fault also lies squarely in the lap of the voters of this state who have repeatedly supported the promise-peddling, free-spending politicians of both parties in Alaska.  

I have lived in Alaska for 20 years now, and I have been struck and amazed almost since day one by the atmosphere of fiscal unreality and outright insanity which prevails in this state and which is accepted as "normal" by most Alaskans.