David Knudson.  If you think rural Alaska is too much of a burden, cut rural Alaska loose from the state.  But, if you cut rural Alaska loose, you do not get rural Alaska's resources--oil, fish, minerals, timber, etc.  Rural Alaska can then set up its own state through Congress.  We'll see who makes it and who does not make it.  It is your choice: cut rural Alaska loose from the state.  Or, keep rural Alaska, be friendly, and work with rural Alaska.