Had the legislature worked in good faith with the Governor when he presented the balanced proposal made up of increased revenues along with painful but needed spending cuts the State of Alaska would be in much better financial straights right now.  The Governor proposed an income tax/sales tax, increased taxes on mining/fishing and fuel sales, repealing the enormous subsidies to the oil industry for doing the work they would be doing anyway and sensible cuts to the state government. The lege refused to even consider his proposal as they wasted away another session on social issues instead. We are living on the savings set aside when oil was high and ACES was intact but that will not last long. Enough to get the lege through this election season though and that's what the cowards were counting on. On the national as well as state level the once GOP motto seems to be "Just Say No!!". Rank obstructionism does nothing to heal what ails America or the State of Alaska.