Print article Gov. Mike Dunleavy is beating the big-dividend drum again. In his annual State of the State address, the governor once more argued for a whopping $5,000 in direct payments to Alaska residents, despite a massively unbalanced budget and depleted savings. The plan will no doubt be popular among many; after all, who doesn’t like free money? But it’s also the most shortsighted budget idea Alaska has seen in a generation, one that would kneecap Alaskans’ future by – for the first time ever –overspending from an account intended to last forever. It’s called the Permanent F...