text: You make a good point, Charles.  It's such a good point, let's expand it elsewhere.  You see, we produce very little food in Alaska.  We have to go outside for most of it.  And food prices keep rising.  So let's set up a statewide Food Authority.  They will decide what and how much we will import.  They will decide how much of a ration we will all get.  It will be much more efficient than just letting the consumers pick what they want to eat.  It'll probably help solve our obesity problem, too.