He does make a persuasive argument, this issue notwithstanding.

Yes...people keep saying: "oh, it's allll in the price of oil...'

Undeniably, there are other factors at work, conspiring to bankrupt AK.  However the fact remains that AK went from socking away Billion$, to hemorrhaging Billion$, in that one single act of legislation.  

I don't accept that SB21 is just this mostly harmless, innocuous legislation, that's just getting a bad rap.  And neither should anyone else.