Comment: Bravo Charles!  This is the single most cogent piece I've seen written on the entire budget debacle.  Well done.

One Walker statement that especially resonated with me: "So it's about worrying about the future of Alaska, not the future of the political seats that we're in."  We have legislator politicians camped out in their seats for decades, enjoying and misusing their political power.  Walker may indeed get bounced in a couple years.  A whole bunch of other politicians should be fired as well, including mine.