I'm guessing you don't complain about the revenue generated by Alaska on oil leases and royalities as well as fees and taxes on our other resources. We would like to continue to expand the infrastructure to provide for the people that expand those fields, mines and fishing catches.
Well, actually I do complain about fees and taxes. I have yet to meet a tax that could not be improved by drastic cutting or elimination.
If the purpose of expanding the "infrastructure" is to promote economic growth, I am all for it. But I would prefer that local building projects be funded by private investors first, by local and state governments second, and by federal government hardly at all. (The federal government should build military bases, federal courthouses, and the like, but that is about it.)
Pork-barrel spending is not as benign as some would have us believe. Not only does it increase the burden on the taxpayers and waste their money; but federally funded projects too often turn into boondoggles that do more harm than good.
So, how many oil derricks are there within 500 miles of either Anchorage OR Juneau? Try again.