What was the population then? How much oil was oozing out of the pipeline at what price? Building a state infrastructure and maintaining it isn't for sissies. Governing is hard. The senate plan does not identify the cuts other than their favorite whipping boy public education and it doesn't close the deficit. It just borrows on your future PFD. While the house tries to adult the senate frat boys want to go home on summer break..pretty easy to see.