Thanks for the explanation.
Royalties are fluid and change over time. It’s give-and-take (just like any business arrangement) but the state (hence its citizens) has a right to those royalties under its state constitution.
So the critics (who didn’t seem to mind before Palin entered the scene) can snipe and gripe all they want....but ACES, in some form, is here to stay.
ACES is not royalty payments. It is a tax imposed on the profits and other approved expenses. Governor Pain did not change the royalties and ACES specifically excludes royalties.