[rdeyes]

Here in Alaska we used get roughly a grand every year, it used to be based on the oil revenue that Alaska gets from selling Alaska Crude Oil, but when clinton was in office they locked up ANWR so the income from selling oil went in the crapper , so they put in stocks and thats how we get our Alaska Permant Fund Dividend.

Better Explained Here
http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/