There is no fairer way for all to chip in than through a reduction or loss of the PFD. I am one of the people that does not want an income tax so long as a PFD check is being distributed. I also would not want a sales tax while the State is still handing out a PFD check. While I would benefit from the income tax scheme proposed by the House majority coalition when compared to a plan to use the Permanent Fund earnings for its intended purpose, I cannot support taking money from others via an income tax or a sales tax to continue to provide me a PFD.  

Neither an income tax or a sales tax should exist so long as a PFD check is being distributed. To do otherwise would be wealth redistribution/welfare. 

Significant additional cuts can be made to our university system, and a few years of 5 percent unallocated reductions to most departmental budgets could be absorbed. We would have to accept that less will be done, perhaps some State Parks might have to be closed, or closed seasonally.