The feller who went to Alaska didn't have many other opportunities to work in the Alaska system. And since his in-laws had paid for the trip as a 25th wedding anniversary present it wasn't any skin off, ya know?

Yessir, shoulda been reported to the ol' IRS. I told him so. Warned him of possible tax consequences. But nope, he wouldn't listen. There was only this win-win situation.

He might do other things like that from time to time, too.

What I'm surprised about is the Rez here. They sell cigarettes, gasoline and such, but I'd think that if they'd put in a real mall they'd drive the local cities bankrupt. Of course, I don't know what sort of arrangements they might have with the Idaho state government -- I know that some sort of settlement was reached a year or so ago over cigarette taxes.