Anne Adasiak-Andrew - What makes you think taxes won't be the reason Alaskans leave Alaska?

Taxes always start out small. It's the camel's nose in the tent. People like you don't look back at history and see what inevitably happens. The tax grows. Federal income tax in 1913 was 1% on people who would be millionnaires by today's standards, so that they hardly felt the loss. Now my income bracket pays 25% to Uncle Sam -- money I miss because I can calculate what I would do with it.

So right now, you're concerned with keeping state revenue stable, but what happens if the price of oil never recovers? Sooner or later, the state is going to demand more money and, having consented to this small amount, you're going to discover quickly that you have no recourse against the increased amount. That's the history of the income tax ... everywhere.

States with high income tax rates are seeing strong outmigration to states with low income tax rates. That's OUR future.