Sen I see you are trying the smoke and mirror technique employed by your colleaque Sen Giessle on education funding. But enough about; your little sentence"Some have said SB 128 takes money out of the pockets of hardworking Alaskans to be used to pay tax credits to oil and gas companies. That is a convenient talking point, and would be powerful if it were accurate". Look you can spin it any way you want, pie comparisons or not, yes we know it is all the same pot of money  we are not stupid. But the notion of subsidzing the richest multinational corporations in the world all the while cutting people dividend is not OKAY ANY WAY YOU SPIN IT! Why is that so hard to understand. Are you saying cutting the hundreds of millions and subsidies and the pork projects won't help but limiting dividends will?  It is so good that you are leaving because you have lost touch with basic reality.