Cutting the government workforce isn't going to get anywhere near a balanced budget. A lot of our government is federally subsidized by grants from DC, so they're not getting Alaskan money anyway.

It's unfortunate but we're facing two options: a new tax (income, sales, etc) or a restructuring of the PFD. Personally I'd rather give up a yearly check that I didn't earn or pay into than pay more of my money per month to the government just to have them give me a check for some of it back every October. It seems redundant.