text: This is an old ,and over used, argument. It pretends that Alaska is not being pillaged by the oil companies, and that they are concerned about the 700,000 residents of the state. Our state Government has NOT built any infrastructure that is not directly related to commerce, or has matching federal grant monies. The Republican Legislature has run our government like a failing business that they are pushing into bankruptcy. 40 years have gone by with a request for natural gas distribution to lower the cost of doing business , other than oil, for all residents of the state. Our Republican representatives see us as their customers base rather than constituents that they represent. The state's economy stops at the paperwork on their desks, and their secret agreements with oil companies. They sold thousands of acres of subdivision land to individuals, but provided no access or infrastructure to support the buyers.Unlike the work that was done for the oil companies, and mines.We are betrayed.