I agree in many ways with your comments, Linda & Mike.  However, the gyst of this debacle is the House and Senate are playing a high stakes game of chicken-chess, and the fallout from both plans will hit Alaskans, either way.  Can we not come to a compromise such that the fallout is lessened a bit, a responsible fiscal plan is instituted, the savings can be preserved in perpetuity and each party gets their political "satisfaction"?  That is the ultimate goal, is it not?