I should not have to pay a tax because people want to live in the middle of nowhere.  If the State can't cut off wasting money in these places they should charge fees to those communities.  Alaska has 76 "towns" under 400 people, we can't afford that.  Those 76 towns have 14,000 people combine, that's about 2% of the population.  Want to bet they take more than 2% of the budget.  We should all pay our fair share, but not subsidize others choices.