text: I hate paying taxes, which I'm sure is not a rare viewpoint here. That said, we the people have to pay for our State government somehow. Cutting it to match revenue from current oil prices is not possible. Period. If you think it is, the burden is on you to name specific items from the budget that total up to ~$3B. If we can move on from that nonsense, we're left with needing to find new revenue.
  
  So as much as I hate taxes, I think this is the proper way forward for Alaska. It's not socialism, it's not redistribution of wealth, it's simply everyone paying their share for our collective government service.