1st. If you want to be rich go do it! 2nd.saying the rich should pay for everything is foolish. 3rd. Percentage of income is a dumb way of calculating how much your neighbor pays versus the "poor". 4th. Stop the payments to oil companies to produce our oil. (If they can't make money leave it in the ground). 5th.The Democrats brought a solution to the table right wrong or indifferent. Where is the Republicans plan?  Be serious there is not enough to cut to make this work.6th.  The retirees bring more money into the state than they use by million's as they have no kids in school, drive less, break less laws, but generally spend their money in Alaska.7th. If you want to have a great place to live you need to pay for it and we haven't for several years. By the way people like Bob Gillian's money when he spent a bunch to fight Pebble. I didn't see you "poor" people paying for this public outcry! PAY YOUR WAY DON'T LOOK FOR OTHERS TO DO IT!