Absolutely no mention of the need to fix the oil tax structure, which is the real root of the problem, other than the simple brush off to just "leave it aside".  Mr. Cole goes right into his now constant theme of why we need to spend the permanent fund NOW.  Given his last several comments with the same theme, any pretense of objectivity is now completely out the window on his part.  It is now clear he is very much on the Alaska's Future's bandwagon, or the Governor's. Any of the Permanent Fund raiders it seems he supports.