Comment: The author writes the Fund is... "is our main hope to balance the annual budget."  Nonsense.  Two things are wrong with that statement.  The first is the use of the word, "our".  "Our" may be used to describe those who want to give away our oil and use the Fund to subsidize the giveaway, and the liberal elite that cherish big government. But that is a tiny minority. The last referendum Alaska had on this issue 87% of the voters said to leave the Fund alone.  So, speak for yourself, Wolforth

Second, the giveaway of our oil and gas liquids is costing Alaska much more than raiding the Fund would bring.  Over the last several years we've given away- and paid- to have around $30 billion dollars of our oil taken while the Fund only earned 1% last year.

The Permanent Fund can not be "permanent" (as its founders intended) if those who want to raid the fund get their way.