text: Alaska is cold, expensive, remote, isolated, most expensive healthcare costs in the nation,  most expensive energy costs, most expensive groceries and household needs costs.  Alaska has the highest rates of sexual assault and low performance on school testing.  Granted,  we have a large problem population that drives performance testing down and crime rates up.  Alaska will never see 1,000,000 residents this century as long as oil prices remain low, the pfd is capped, income taxes and State sales taxes are implemented.  Removing exemptions for Seniors and Veterans and non profits will contribute to  Alaska  becoming an increasingly hostile environment for most.  The State must reduce the cost of State government and stop threatening the contributing population with economic devastation by increasing the cost of living while reducing the standard of living of the people who actually earn and support this State by living and investing in it.