House members do not have to rush to vote on Walker and Co.'s  permanent fund dividend scheme that discourages efforts and removes pressures for further cost-cutting measures to our unsustainable state salaries and budget.

According to an article on today's S&P release that was conveniently timed for next week's House of Reps deliberations to SB 128, "Despite the budget deficit, S&P said Alaska continues to have very strong credit quality due to the large reserves it built up over times when oil prices were high."

As was suggested by another columnist - take the time to do it right during next legislative session.