Poodle-Finch, nothing you mention is related to trimming the bloated Alaskan State workforce. So what does cost of living have to do with the need for more State workers, to increase our tax burden? You don't make any sense. Gold mines? We need thousands of State workers for our Gold Mines? Are you crazy? We don't live in the dream of Soviet Russia, but maybe that's what you want. 

We are gutting our Teachers for the sake of our institutional Government Bloat. 

In each of the FACTS i provide in Vermont and North Dakota, they only have 1 Main Branch of government that oversees the Judicial and Legislative Bureaus. While Alaska has 3 full Branches. Imagine the duplication of effort Alaska is falling victim to, if you can.