It offends me when I see how much of my paycheck disappears each month from paying federal taxes and local property tax. It offends me when I learn that nearly half of my fellow citizens pay no tax on the federal level. It offends me to think about the waste, fraud, and abuse that eat up a significant portion of the money that I do pay in taxes. 

It offends me that some law professor on the east coast wrote this income tax proposal without any serious thought or debate on whether this type of tax is what is needed in Alaska. Let's see them take this issue to the people and see what kind of response that they get. 

As for me, I'm calling my legislators and thanking them for standing up against an income tax.