No Alaskan wants to pay an income tax or sales tax either.  Without any new revenue replacement when oil dries up, where is the money going to come from to run state government?  Every other state in the union pays income and sales taxes.  There's nothing special about Alaskans other than we've been getting a free ride for thirty-five years.  Ride is over.  Time to start making a plan to pay the Piper.