You know, we can't afford the police state either.  Still, the legislature in recent times has gone out of their way to ensure that they get full funding first and everyone else gets to fetch for what's left.  Our courts and jails are clogged with the victims of law enforcement officers given carte blanche to make their careers off of the backs of anyone they can.  I'll omit the name of the AST sergeant I've seen commenting on this very website, but I will mention the time in 2007 that I witnessed him telling someone "Alaskans don't believe in paying taxes to support us, so we really don't care about any of your concerns".