just what slump are you talking about.. oil is at $50 a barrel which is were everyone says it should be to be profitable... if there is a financial crisis in alaska it is being created by the fact that alaska is literally paying big oil to produce and even still our pipeline runs empty.. and they are building future tax credits so they do not have to ever pay.. gratis your GOP legislature... in general.. i would have to say alaskans are lazy idiots to let this happen... and it is what we deserve for being so...