That "fat" check, derived from the profits of money saved by the State, money which came from royalties paid by Big Oil for resources which belong to the State - to all of it's citizens, I would gladly forgo if we didn't have to pay between $7 and $9 for our gasoline and oil, or could get natural gas piped in locally. For us it's kind of like living in Detroit, buying and American car which was built in Detroit, shipped to Germany, and then purchased from them. Somebody apparently makes good on it.
