Strada, when you were hired to post comments about the state income tax by that secretive person in Anchorage, or your boss in the state senate, did they possibly give you more than one script?  It would enliven the conversation so much more by adding some variety to your posts!  I could make a few suggestions if you wish. 

Many hard working Alaskans do not get a paycheck.  Ever consider how much time and energy goes into hunting a walrus or a seal?  The vast amount of patience displayed in bone chilling cold where lurk predators that may also be hunting you?  The courage a few people in a small boat going against one of the largest mammals on the planet?  Not from a huge fishing trawler or a whaling ship from the past.  A tiny boat with brave people that can be destroyed by a simple flick of a tail or flipper.   Those are truly "hard working" Alaskans.   They do it to feed their families because they don't have jobs or the money to buy "fancy food" at the store.