I agree but I would want a goods tax taken at the wholesale level. The income tax is selected because it is easy to administer. A sales tax would be an administrative headache and a economic disincentive to buy Alaskan. The reason I favor an income tax is somewhat socialist: it exempts approximately 50% of Alaskans (those at lower income levels). So NOBODY gets a Dividend and the upper 50% pay all of the personal tax to fund (a fraction) of our State government.