The refund has nothing to do with the earmarks, nor how many times Obama voted for anything. It has to do with the fact that every Alaskan is evidently getting between 2000 and possibly up to 3200 dollars, this year alone, due to the windfall taxes on higher oil prices this last year. The state is reported to have received 16 billion from the oil companies this year. It seems to me that they can build their own roads and bridges and have money left over. Heck they can even follow my other suggestion and move that airport which seems to have been built on the wrong side of the river.