text: Alaska is in a unique situation unlike any in US history. We have an endowment, the Permanent Fund, that can produce annual income of $2.0-2.5 Billion. Then, we give away $1.0 billion for the Dividend and ask taxpayers to make up the difference! That is so ridiculous! - it is beyond belief it is even a question. The day we need a tax is the day the Dividend must end. My Grand Compromise Plan is the only way out of this mess. $2000 Dividend this year will be last one for a while while we build a sustainable budget model, including re-visiting the "school tax" along with a very modest 1% State income tax. The Left gets their income tax but they have to stop with their wealth re-distribution nonsense. We would also have more funds available for Troopers, Home weatherization, and other popular State services.