Persily is simply not credible for a host of reasons.  Persily- as a government employee- has stuffed OVER one million tax payer dollars in his pockets.  The condescension Persily oozes in this piece is remarkable.  Persily spent half a decade promoting the boondoggle gas line to the Lower 48 that even people with room temperature IQs knew was never economic.  Over $500 million Alaska dollars got pissed away on that disaster.

Firing people like Persily would be a great place to start saving taxpayer dollars.