I'm with you, Cathy.  Even if we somehow found the political will to tackle the oil giveaway issue, and hacked the budget down to nothing and harvested the PFD...we should still be paying some sort of tax.  Income, sales...take your pick.  Not because we like handing money over to the government - but because we don't!  

One of the reasons we're in the pickle we're in is apathy.  We didn't have to contribute anything and got money handed to us for doing nothing but breathing.  So why pay attention to what the politicians were up to?  If anyone thinks all of the corrupt bastards were rooted out by the VECO scandal, they're dreaming.  SB-21 should have made that clear.  By paying a tax we pay attention.  Even if the tax is small...a token.  Everyone should contribute, and everyone should know they're doing it.