I have to agree with you Red. But the dream of high prices forever left our Leg thinking they could just stop worrying whether we were getting a fair share of the sale of our assets. Now we are hit on both sides. Larger than necessary budgets and lack of adequate revenue for what we have. It's good to see some large projects getting cut, but we can't just bet oil will recover in a year or two. OPEC has some really deep pockets that Alaska won't survive the long game in. We need to get people back in the game with income and sales tax to fund min essential services, and if there's adequate funding for more then people will care what it's being spent on. It sure as hell shouldn't be spent on outrageous Per Diem rates for legislators living in their homes. Their session, travel rules and rates need a vicious reworking asap.