Chris: I am a Libertarian who fought like the devil from the mid '70s to the mid 80s to keep the state government small so we would not have this problem like is now unfolding because it was obvious that this would happen. The voters disagreed. In my view we should do nothing to encourage the private economy; that just costs money we do not have and it is not the business of the state to make anybody rich...especially rich corporations. If there is a paying proposition, private business will not need our dollars to enhance it.

Also, read article 1 and article 6 of our constitution: we are a socialist state; that is what the peoples of Alaska have known for years that is what it takes to survive in these high latitudes. We take care of each other. These oil corporations have taken hundreds of billions of dollars of oil out of our home in the last 39 years: I don't feel sorry in the slightest for them. If they don't like the game, they may leave any time and my feelings won't be hurt.