[GoodDay]

But this doesn’t make sense to me, because when the resources are gone, what do future Alaskans own? Why do people own the resources just because they happen to live in that State precisely now as a point in time? Who owned the resources before? The Inuit?

All good points. You're completely right from a pure, consistent, free-market perspective. But in the case of Alaska, I believe it's the state constitution which declares that the natural resources belong to "the people." Should Palin have disregarded the constitution of her own state?

[Lorianne]

Well, no I haven’t addressed Palin in any of this.

If, as I have read here, Palin didn’t institute this policy, it was already a part of the Alaska Constitution, then her involment in the discussion seems to be of no particular importance.