All too predictable. Push it down the road; "my constituents would run me out of office, I probably wouldn't get re-elected". Make some else take the politically dangerous first steps even though anyone with a modicum of intellect and common sense knows that raising revenues through multiple venues cannot be avoided given the fall in oil revenue. Where oh where did statesmanship and courage go; I lament the loss of both. It astonishes me that oil tax reform is apparently off the table, when we are going to be asked to surrender 50% of our PF dividend. Under current budget circumstances, I'm willing to pony up for the common good, but not if timid politicians fail to make major changes in what the oil companies (big and small) pay to the State, namely us mere citizens.