Publis, If you live in Alaska then you would know property taxes pay for road maintenance. If you want your neigborhood street paved, the property owners pay for it out of our own pockets. Alaska has a gas tax on every gallon sold. All the Alaskans I know are the most charitable I have met. Ive been a lot of places around the world. But I dont have a factural figure just an observation. Our Alaskan government is bloated in big oil wealfare, and extremely over inflated, education system. Those are the government charities. Everyone knows it too.