Steve Thompson sat through hours of public testimony the other day hearing from citizens across Alaska saying they do not support a raid on the dividends. 

Every story written about this issue has near universal opposition to a raid on the dividends in the comments.

In 1999 83% of Alaskans voted against a raid on the Permanent Fund.

What part of "NO" does Thompson not understand?

In 1998, 1999 oil was around $20 dollars per barrel.  TAPS throughput was around 1,000,000 barrels per day.   We did not raid the fund then.  Today the value of the oil taken is even greater than it was then- with ANS around $50 dollars per barrel, despite half the throughput. 

We do NOT need to raid the Permanent Fund now.  We need to get a fair return for our oil- instead of giving it away tax free, AND paying almost $1 billion per year in corporate welfare to Big Oil.

It is obvious what the problem is.

Thompson voted for SB-21 and created this deficit.