[thackney]

I wonder about the policy because it encourages dead-beats to come to Alaska and have babies so they can get more annual checks.

If they can pay the inflated prices and raise a child on $845.76, then bring them on. Alaska needs those type of financially responsible people.

[akdonn]

You put a couple of interesting conditions on that; the reality is that anybody who would split from someplace else and "move" more than 1,500 miles on the basis of a one-time $800 check per year, is more likely to require government assistance than be "financially responsible."

Lots of criminals come to Alaska thinking they will get away from a crime and find out it is easier to find them here than anyplace in the country!!!