Making a somewhat absurd analogy comparing giving away free oil:   Lets say hypothetically the state would lease out all the woodland in Alaska to Weyerhaeuser with the purported goal of harvesting timber and benefiting the people.  After the deal is made, Weyerhaeuser says the price of lumber is down. The legislature passes TB21 (timber bill) giving the trees away free unless the price of lumber goes up to $73 per tree. Hidden in all this, are secret cash payments to the logging companies paying for saws, machinery, roads, and fuel. Weyerhaeuser is shipping out 500,ooo trees per day worth $20m daily, all the while poor mouthing what a losing deal Alaska gave them. Some in the  legislature wants to continue this system because they have jobs with Weyerhaeuser or are in their pockets. In this chaos, special interests bombard the people with false plans that demand taxes and using savings. Finally one day the trees are gone and so are the savings. Sound familiar??