You're missing the whole point and definitely not seeing the big picture.  Alaska state beauracracy lives in a house that was built with $100-$140 oil.  Oil is now $50 and the house that oil built is too large and too expensive to maintain.  Alaska needs to downsize the mansion that oil built to a smaller dwelling.  Once the State of Alaska downsizes to a one-room cabin with an outhouse, then it would be time to consider an income tax.  Until then, an income tax is just money wasted to pay the costs of the mansion we can no longer afford.  In case this analogy is above your head ... hint: the "mansion" is current state government that has not be cut enough yet.  The "cabin" is the size our government should be.  Get it?