text: A former Senator, who is a really honest guy, explained the multi-national corporations make far, far greater returns by drilling in Juneau, than up on the North Slope.  It spend millions on media, lobbyists, fancy dinners, jobs for legislators or their family members, and presto, it gets billions and billions and billions worth of oil, AND Alaskans pay to have that valuable oil removed.
  
  This unconstitutional legislation (violates Art. VIII) is destroying Alaska.  Tens of thousands of Alaskans will be losing their jobs.  Alaskans who thought they were going to collect a PERS/TRS retirement will not- that collapse is about 10 years away.  The equity families have built up in their homes will be wiped out.  
  
  Alaska looks worse than a third- world banana republic.  And it makes those who argued that Alaska should be denied statehood look prophetic when they argued Alaska was too small, too corrupt to make a go of it.  
  
  We will begin replacing the thugs who have done this to us soon.