text: You go David Leavitt. I was born in Andersen way back when Alaska was a Territory and whew! Our city sales tax, state income tax and borough school tax of 100 bucks (only from of our first paycheck) every year was a gnarly bugger to hump. Soon after big oil and Juneau started fire-hosing cubic dollars at every community I felt like a cheat to have all 3 taxes nixed. 
  I hate ALL taxes, but I love the big 907 Alaska much, much more. So let's put on our big-boy panties and just cut out the tax checks, then go AK dudes: where we "can't be too fat or too drunk." (The Simpsons)
  I now tell my rowdy party animal friends we'll have to trim our respective household budgets. We all won't have to drink less, but our obese children will have to eat less.