Our leave should be ours to use for sick days or pre planned time off (time that we choose). I had the flu a couple of weeks ago and it wiped out my leave, so in my case I have no leave to cash in. And I don't mind doing my part to help out the State of Alaska. This state has been good to my family and I and we love it here...but when we keep seeing that our elected officials can't pass a budget and don't seem to be making any sacrifices themselves...that's when it becomes aggravating. They 'need' a new office building, but we're losing out on pay.