Why Might Alaskans Favor Arctic Drilling?
This year’s Permanent Fund dividend check — what Alaskans receive each year from the state’s oil-revenue investment fund — is likely to be more than $2,000, the first time since the state began making the payments in 1982 that the dividend has topped two grand. The biggest previous dividend was $1963.86 in 2000. Last year’s was $1,654. The dividend spins off the Alaska Permanent Fund, the state’s $37 billion oil wealth savings account.
