Saying that "there is still a lot of waste in state govt..." doesn't mean that the legislature and administrators are cutting, or will cut, wisely. They may be making decisions to protect themselves and their buddies while cutting things that shouldn't be cut. The legislature is a perfect example. They continue to allow us to be robbed by the oil companies because the oil companies own them. The university is another example. How many of the top echelon administrators have been cut? You know, the ones that make huge salaries. We've lost a lot of faculty and staff, increasing the workload on the rest of us, but when one of the top administrators leaves, they automatically search for a replacement. What about DOT as another example. This winter, like every other, they still come out and plow roads if a few snowflakes fall. What a waste! So, yeah. There is waste, but who is and who should be deciding how and where to cut? The current process is broken and Alaskans are being rooked.