You  had me till you started down the cuts alone mantra; "most" Alaskans? Drunken Sailors, yes and who were these drunken sailors the " conservatives", the Valley Block chief among them in supporting pork i.e. the  rail line that sits there rotting away. Yes we have more state employees a but why? Alaska does not have all the small local governments like they do in virtually ever other state. Teachers in the Bush are state  employees, law enforcement in much of Fairbanks are STATE Troopers.