text: An income tax might - might - raise $200 million .... but how much would it cost to collect? How big would the new bureaucracy have to be? Hint: Big. Real big and expensive. Knowing how we do things, there would be offices in every city in the state, staffed with clerks and multi-language skills, latest computers and cool new displays. Interactive, digital, glowing.  How long would this tax stay in effect? Until oil got back to $70? $90? Another hint: Forever.