Ad nauseum, I fail to see what you are going on about, as Kathleen's post, and the figures therein, are both logical and sensible.  Although I think that she has overstated the 400,000 Alaskan wage earners figure a bit, as the latest figures I have seen put that number closer to 350,000.  And it is a fact that Alaska state government spends "billions and billions" of dollars --- and is also "billions and billions" of dollars in the hole.