That's nice you approved of your own post by "liking" it.
How about qualifying that Mitt Romney-like number of  "45%" for starters. Unless you think 6 year old kids should be in the work force too. "Oh, but wait, that wont be fair to low income people…..how dare we a charge tax on the people who cant\wont better themselves." BTW, have you got jobs for them too so they can "better themselves"?
RE:  your assertion " the oil companies DO NOT NEED ALASKA. They can go anywhere in the world and get oil a lot cheaper than in Alaska" --- yer shooting from the hip there, Podnah.
Here, educate yourself and it's free from me. You're welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCL2d8lLYXw