That all sounds wonderful, Nels, but you STILL have not even touched on how all of your high-sounding dreams for Bush Alaska communities are going to be financed, and by whom --- particularly in a time of stagnant and declining national and world economies.  Until you can answer that question, all such cornicopian fantasies will remain just that, fantasies.

But you do mention a broader issue here: the state of Alaska itself is in an analogous situation, viz a viz the national economy and federal government, to Bush Alaska viz a viz Anchorage and Juneau, receiving more in general funds and resources (federal taxes, for example, in part) than it sends out.  Long-term, both situations are equally untenable.  Contrary to popular belief, Washington DC does not have a magical money tree that can provide limitless funds; everything spent by them, here in Alaska or somewhere else, must first be generated by, and taken from, the productive economy.