Andree, it's kind of hard to differentiate between state employees and private sector in Alaska. My brother who is in the private sector and a union person says that he would never work for the govt. When you get right down to it if it weren't for the state government spending, not much would go on at all in Alaska. When roads are built, schools, buildings or whatever the money traced back eventually comes from the state or federal government. In actuality everybody works for the state or feds just some get better retirement benefits. The oil belongs to the state whether people believe it or don't want to it's all about people wanting to think they are important by seeing something in print and irritating others.