And all the people living off the state and feds, they contribute nothing and just take. How is that fair to keep asking people who *do* work to pay more and more? A sales tax really is the fair way. Rural Alaskans need to quit whining too -- they don't contribute either but at the same time whine constantly about the cost to live in their villages when they are the ones that choose to live in a place where milk has to be flown in, and that's why it's $8 a gallon.