And let's not forget about the workers in the Lower 48 who come to Alaska to earn their livings, but take every cent back home. Alaska should charge these seasonal and oil workers (and the rest of us) a state income tax.

The last slope worker with whom I discussed this on a direct flight from Portland to Anchorage, told me he'd quit his slope job if he had to pay Alaska income tax. This attitude is interesting and potentially good for Alaskans. If Slope workers quit rather than pay Alaska income taxes, it would open up for Alaskans well-paying jobs on the Slope like the coater (painter) job that a man from Eugene, Oregon travels to Alaska to do.