The problem with your argument is that it should have never come to this. Had our legislature(s) been prudent and invested and spent wisely over the past couple of decades we should have and would have been able to weather these lower oil prices with ease. It's not like we didn't know this day was coming. Instead, they spent money like drunken sailors and are now looking to the people that elected them for their representation to bail them out for their own irresponsibility. Look no further than the loyalty of this legislative majority to Big Oil. Take $1000 from every resident of the state and hand it directly to Big Oil. I don't have an issue paying my way and doing my part. I have a BIG issue with handing $1000 to the oil companies for no other reason than the aforementioned loyalty. I didn't create the issue, don't ask me to fix it.