I always wondered if there was a way to get money back from the high paying positions on the North Slope as well as the fishing and logging, mining, etc seasonal resource extraction buisnesses... they take our resources then leave Alaska and pay nothing here but income taxes back in their own States !!!!  wouldn't a State income tax be deductable from ones Federal taxes ?  I'd rather keep more of my money here vs the State getting a penny back from the Feds for every dollar sent there....   a FLAT tax of..  5% ???  but add all those above out of Staters into the mix and what would that add up to ???