(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
Your tag line..... took me a second, LOL.!!!!
Back in the dark ages, when Alaska was in the throes of becoming a State, the Feds (that's you and me, folks) promised the good people up there that we'd give them all the land that wasn't already tied up in military bases and National Parks.
We lied.
All that land they thought they were going to get suddenly became "toO valuable" for the Feds to lose; after all, there was oil under it. In order to keep them pesky Alaskans quiet though, we 'let' them have some of the land and danged if they didn't find oil under it. Oh well, we win some and lose some, but we're not going to let that happen again, are we?
As a Devil's Advocate, let's consider what would have happened if we had let them have all that land when we said we would: For one thing, they'd have a helluva lot more oil, wouldn't they? And with all that oil money they could build that bridge and six just like it every year!
But they can't, 'cause we (that's you and me, folks) stole it from them. Not only that, but now we get to berate them when they come asking for the money we owe them!
Ain't life grand?