You're wrong about the PFD. It may be exempt from the proposed state income tax, but it's not exempt from federal tax. This year, a $1300 refund became a $500 refund after the PFD was added to the calculations. That's $800 right there. Even though I make little enough money that I probably will be exempt from this tax, I'm not economically illiterate, so I understand what it means for the economy when you withdraw privately held monies from it. That $800 would have been spent in the economy had it not going to DC to be wasted on ????? So, you tell me again, how this state income tax isn't going to harm working Alaskans while acting as yet-another giveaway to those who suck off the tit of bloated state government? That income tax represents what little economic vitality remains in the Alaskan private market. Do you think it's wise for government to be the only driver of an economy? I sure don't.