Thanks Steve for the history lesson. I am in process of writing a commentary about why we need the income tax. The basis premise isn't that we need the tax to raise revenue. Rather we need the tax so that people will have an investment in what goes on in Juneau. Volunteering in politics the frequent refrain I've heard is "As long as they don't touch my PFD I don't pay much attention to what they do in Juneau." Considerable research has shown that if people have to pay something for whatever, in this case our state government, they are much more invested in the outcome than if they get it free.