The real point is what we thought all along: the legislature is out of control and major additional cuts need to be made.  The line item for the legislature is $69 Million. In 2007 it was $49 Million. They could have led by cutting $25 Million from their own budget to start. They have so many gifts to friends in oil and other businesses it puts communists and socialists to shame! We have slush funds for many businesses at AIDEA and other "reserves". Municipalities especially Anchorage depend on the state money for subsidies.  Instead of bonding their own projects they get the state to pay. I know now that we can cut enough line by line to get much closer to balancing the budget. I was shocked at how much money the legislature stole from the CBR last year while still playing Santa Claus.