I think you're using the term "politically incorrect" as a way of saying that these are things you personally don't want.  Funding state government and the programs it provides its citizens is more than acceptable.  We as citizens haven't had to pay ANY taxes for decades, which has been a luxury and saying it's politically incorrect to find a means to fund the services that hundreds of thousands of Alaskans utilize and depend on doesn't make any sense.  Please cite your figures for your statement that everyone would have to pay $5,000, your argument lacks credibility without some sort of documentation showing that you didn't just pull a number out of a hat.  I could just as easily say 99% of Alaskans would need to pay $20, while the top 1% would be responsible for their fair share to cover our government spending.  If it's on the internet does it make it true? Also, what would you cut?  Saying we need to just "cut spending" is as useful as telling your State Rep to go fly a kite.