Guest Editorial: Growing the Permanent Fund is good, but it forces decisions

Spending money can be a lot of fun, while saving money can be pretty boring. Sure, you get to watch your account grow — assuming you invest it wisely — thinking about spending it someday, though thinking about that someday is not nearly as much fun as spending today.

But when you do a good job of saving, life is much better as you grow old and life will be much better for the future generations who may benefit from your savings.

As Alaskans depend ever more heavily on the Permanent Fund as the largest single source of stable revenue to pay for public services, schools, construction and, yes, t...