text: I'm pretty sure this is absolutely not true. 2017 Florida budget was $79.3B, and with a population of 20.6M, that's $3,850 per capita. Gov. Walkers' proposed Dept. of Education budget for AK was $1.6B; with out pop of 740,000, that's $2,170 per capita.
  
  So unless you have and can link to a source for this claim, I'm gonna call BS.
  
  Furthermore, comparing our State budget to much more populous states is kind of nonsensical. No other state has the geographical reach we do, and the challenges that brings.