"If we do that, we buy many years on our reserves,..."even if that leaves a significant deficit." he ( Senator Kelly) said. 

Don`t be fooled Alaskans, that just means he wants more cuts, and we spend our savings a little slower that`s all. 
It`s still kicking the can down the road, but this time "kicking Kelly`s can" a little FARTHER down the road,  even as we go into SB21 "oil-credits-and-subsidies-forever" hell!  That`s If the conflicted and illegally gerrymandered State Senate Majority has any say in it.