Please tell us who are the 'necessary' state workers DH.  Fill us in.   I guess you think both the Troopers and Fish and Game shouldn't get cut, so who?  And isn't it a shame you can't just close schools in Bush Alaska, so only those kids with all the urban subsidies get to go to school?
Of course the Oil Majors are experts in making money.  Look at all the money we owe them in tax credits thanks to that 'job producing' SB 21 that has us on the hook for MILLIONS in tax credit payments.  So much better to pony up that dough eh?  And of course we have more non-residents working in the oil and gas industry in Alaska.

As to the gas line, I can think of a few hundred thousand customers that would benefit from lower heating costs, right here in Alaska....US.  And at least we would own a healthy percentage of the revenue, unlike with our oil resources that mostly are sitting in the ground.

Thank God for Liberals because the Conservatives are draining us dry and not refilling the tank!