P.J. Hill - Fair to whom? To the people who will have no skin in the game, but who even now consume most of the budget?

If people actually stood to lose something, they might be willing to continue to scale back the budget, which is still 20% higher than it was when Sarah Palin left office ... still 15% higher than can be accounted by inflation. But as long as it doesn't cost them anything, they will continue to whine that their favorite programs should not be cut. That's because their favoirte program doesn't cost them anything.

I oppose all tax increases. We the people pay enough already to live here. But if we're going to have an individual tax, it should be something that all of us pay equally. That's fair and it gives all of us skin in the game and an incentive to continue to reduce the budget to a sustainable level ... because whether you realize it or not, an income tax damages the economy of the state at the benefit of the government of the State, so is not sustainable.