What I'd like to know is this:  since the largest percentage of "losses" are from the oil patch, how many of those are residents, and how many are NON-residents.  It pains me to see all of the NON-residents each week bailing out of Alaska to simply "head home" on their rotation....so please don't cry me a river about job losses....the NON-resident workforce on the slope could really give a rip.  They'll just slide into another sweeet position on another Texas field now that OPEC cut a deal.....Alaska needs to get out of the oil trough, dig in and figure out how to tap those industries now benefiting FAR better than what their tax burden is (ie.  Cruise Ship industry).