I guess I'm a 34-year marginal outsider who is not a knowledgeable Alaskan and must, therefore, be left behind in understanding Mr. Havelock's profound and irrefutable evidence.  Unfortunately, even the democrat commenters who beat me here see more than Mr. Havelock does.

Let's see, the Governor's (and Mr. Havelock's and Mr. Dunbar's) crisis does not exist.  Last year's $4-6 Billion budget was funded through savings.  In 2015 it appeared that we had combined CBR and Earnings Reserve savings of $12 Billion.  It appears that about $2 Billion was deposited into the Earnings Reserve from the Permanent Fund corpus, and we still have about $12 Billion in savings in 2016-17.  So effective reductions are still available to us.  Let's start with a 3-year freeze on merit increases, and a limit to the number of $500,000+ helpers the Governor can hire.

If, indeed, someone decides we need a tax, as Mr. Havelock thinks we do, put a 3 year sunset on that too. Not enough space allowed to go on.