It should be the other way around the --industry cooperating with the state--not "state could cooperate with industry". This is why we are in such fiscal trouble. The SOA has not yet gotten the courage to take charge of its resources and dictate the terms of business to the industry. 

The producers have a good deal in Alaska. So what if they pull up stakes and bail. Opens the door for other producers. It is time to call their bluff. Alaska has to learn to be in charge of its own resources, as opposed to letting ConocoPhillips, Exxon, or BP bend it over a barrel and call the shots.

The SOA should also pull back the curtain and make public the murky trail of refundable oil tax credits. Show the pathways that justify the credit. Make these companies prove beyond a shadow of a doubt they deserve what refundable tax credits they receive.