text: I would like to keep the word "dividend" front and center in this discussion. It is not a handout. It is the way Alaskan residents are invested in Alaska's oil, gas, and mining resources. 
  Whether or not any particular person likes it or not is not should have no bearing on the fact that it exists and has been working just fine for several decades. 
  If we should have vital proposed changes to it all of us who are eligible to receive it should have a say in that decision.