Issue Position: Protecting the Dividend
Issue Position
Issues: Government Budget and Spending
The corpus of the Permanent Fund is protected by the Constitution and can never be touched without a vote of the people. Some of the earnings are being used to help support services to Alaskans, as was the original intent of the fund. Alaskans should receive a dividend every year, as it is each resident's share of the state's oil wealth. The budget should not be balanced only by cutting the PFD.
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