You know who is going to kindly donate the money required for this grand bipartisan plan? Thats right mr. Z. This is the best example of 'put your money where y

You know who is going to kindly donate the money required for this grand bipartisan plan? Thats right mr. Z. This is the best example of 'put your money where your mouth is'. Secondarily and importantly Alaska may be conservative but its so far north and so cold that it requires an alternative approach, which is exactly what is going on here. Look at any cold place and you will see initiatives aimed at keeping people from freezing to death. Scandinavia, russia, Canada are similar on this matter. Ideology gets pushed aside when your neighbour cannot keep warm through winter. In the end humans are social animals. Paying dividends to everyone out of a natural resources fund is of course not the usual 'small government' approach. Not at all, because it is essentially a state owned enterprise in all but name. The usual 'small government' approach would be privatisation: to simply sell the rights to oil to the highest bidder.