The income tax is not the issue.  The issue is the oil and commercial fishing giveaways.  They'll be giving away $775MM in oil credits next year and the commercial fishing taxes are a joke.  Correcting those 2 issues will eliminate at least 25% of the deficit, maybe more.  Why should we be so willing for them to take our hard earned money when they will just be giving it away?  An income tax should be the absolute last resort.