I agree.  Governor Hammond's "Alaska Inc." concept of "clawing back" permanent fund dividends as taxes never was realized and now is dead.   As politically damaging as it was, the magnitude of what Governor Walker accomplished cannot be ignored.  His veto action generated an actual nonexpenditure of somewhere between $640 and $700 million dollars which are in fact still "sitting in the bank". When speaking in billions that is the magnitude of actions required.  That money Governor Walker line item vetoed is still available for appropriation which certainly is not the equivalent to funds somehow claimed to exist because of vague promises not to spend.