We are going to be forced to pay to keep State workers in their jobs and free from turmoil or any reductions.  Whether we pay through our borough, our city, our town, or the State.  State workers are the most expensive, inefficient, redundant way to deliver "services" and they will be paid today, tomorrow, and into perpetuity until the day they die.  They "negotiated" these deals and we are going to be forced to accept increased taxes on our real estate, our purchases, our income, our sales, and our pfd checks capped.  Why?  the collapse of the price of oil and the State workers refusal to deal with reductions or even to increase their contributions to their cadillac plans.   Alaskans get the shaft.  State workers have a "contract".