Lynn: you are as usual perceptive. In my opinion, what will happen is as things get worse, many productively minded folks will leave, taking with them the possible tax base, and leaving the opposite of those here. 

First off, Alaskans in denial need to recognize the danger in this. A very foolish game was played in Alaska, a place where the elements ultimately punish foolishness. Because it is beginning to get cold, it is a great time to contemplate the results of not working this out.

We still have the ability to somewhat control how the dominos fall: a year from now this opportunity will be lost. Time to smarten up folks. Living off a non-renewable resource while spending several times our non-oil output was nothing short of stupid.