No serious public debate has ever been been held on ending the Oil tax Credits, one of the major deficits in the budget - it was even left out of Gunnar Knapp's otherwise thorough fiscal analysis. Then there's the ongoing waste of money on the mega projects, including the Pipe Dream. Serious reductions in state employees, reducing salaries & bones. Just as we cannot control climate change, we also cannot spend state funds to control a major nation or world-wide recession. Barton down, stop the leaks & balance the budget without raiding the PF or PFD. And get to the business of changing the oil/gas & other resource extraction tax regimes. Yes, an income tax would be appropriate, as would a statewide sales tax & an increase in fuel tax.