Mr. Crawford writes:

" We have more funds than necessary to bridge the fiscal gap in fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019. With a majority vote, $18 billion is available today to cover this year’s $3.5 billion."

OK what happens after 2019?  Crawford and his ilk are counting on oil prices to rebound. What if they don't? Then what do we do? 

Ted Steven's three rules of politics were, SPEND, SPEND, SPEND!