"An income tax hurts most Alaskans less than a cut to the PFD. So why do Republicans oppose the tax?"
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Because average Alaskan voters aren't Alaskan Republican Legislators' most valued constituents. Why Alaskans continue voting for a party that routinely and thoroughly screws them is beyond me. BUT, as long as Republican legislators continue promising to Stiggit To The Libs, Alaskan Republican voters will continue bending over and taking it.