And therein lies the problem -- not everyone will feel the pain. The people who work will feel the pain through a new income tax that will impair their ability to choose what to do with their income. It will restrict charitable contributions, savings and the ability to pay for their kids' college. Meantime, those who don't work will still be getting their PFD and government benefits because a great many of those are federally mandated. And, those taxes -- they'll start out at a moderate 6% or so and then eventually grow to 30% or more because all the accountant folks say that what they really need to be if there's no oil revenue.

So, feeling the pain ... only if you're a productive citizen.