Nice round figure, Gerald. Out of a total population of 700 + thousand, how many are babies and school children, retirees and/or disabled? Locking up "our" resources? The non-renewable ones that would sustain us for another 10-20-30 years? And then what? "Oh, we'll all be rich by then." By all means, Alaska needs more people to keep feeding that beast. (Snark) Just ask our renewable resources about that one. Starting with the Permanent Fund.
Then maybe moose, halibut, salmon and razor clams. Or even wide open spaces and berry patches.
But, I'm with you on the size of state government. Whittle it down to the size that is economically compatible to the GDP of the state. A sustainable budget. I do not want to lose my PFD propping up unsustainable government. And I still want the PFD as originally constituted to be around far into the future.
For Alaskans.