Balancing the state's budget on the backs of hardworking Alaskan families isn't always going to be the answer, Alaska die.  Why don't you do a little more research or contact Jim Duncan, ASEA business agent, and ask him to send you a copy of all the pay freezes and cuts that his membership has been forced to take over the YEARS.  But I can only assume that you won't be interested in those facts; RIGHT?