Ok so Anchorage stands to lose $25M out of a budget of $816M. It's a cut of 3% of the budget. Meanwhile the author implies that taxing a single person 3% of their income is miniscule. If it is assumed that I can handle a personal budget cut of 3% to pay an income tax for schools, isn't it reasonable to expect the school can handle a 3% budget cut? (Also least we forget, as a single person with no children I am not the reason the state needs school funding.)  I fully support public education. However, why do we always assume that the current budget is the correct budget and any cut will be catastrophic? Isn't it possible that the schools might have 2% of unnecessary spending? Our school budgets grew when we had seemingly an endless supply of money from oil money. Unfortunately, some of the extras that were added in those times are no longer affordable. It's time for everyone in Alaska to tighten their belts and that includes the schools.