Explain your opinion on the author's view of Alaska's current budget situation.
This is the most short-sighted, unreasonable opinion piece of the current budget situation I've read yet.  There is a difference between a budget being "balanced" and "sustainable."  To keep trumpeting that the current budget is "balanced" completely ignores it will almost entirely deplete Alaska's savings and disregards that new revenue and/or spending reductions are absolutely necessary unless the Earth explodes next year.  Shame on you Jim Crawford for such selfish, short-sighted thinking.