I think that many people don't want to see the dividend skimmed or new taxes levied until there is real cuts in our hugely bloated state government.

In the course of life and work, I come in contact with state operations in a few areas (education, DOT, ADF&G, AST and some social programs) and all these areas have huge waste.   It would be a crying shame if we, as people of the state of Alaska, don't use this opportunity to get a more streamlined system of governance, rather than just continuing the current waste.

After we have cut down, and have a reasonable system of governance in place, most people will likely support funding either through dividend reductions and/or new taxes.