The Permanent Fund was created to set aside money for a rainy day when the royalty and taxes from the state's oil wealth dried up.  The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is a distribution to every Alaskan with a pulse made annually when the state enjoys a surplus of money.  I believe the rainy days are here and we need to start using a percentage (maybe 4%) of the Permanent Fund to fund state services most of us enjoy.  Since we do not have a surplus of money anymore, we should eliminate the annual PFD distribution.