I oppose the income tax on the grounds that it will take money out of the productive economy and give it to government which produces nothing of its own. I also advocate for reduction of oil tax credits to less than $10 a barrel (which puts us in line with what other oil producing countries pay). I want to see SB 21 repealed. Palin gave us a much better oil tax plan that emphasized who owns the oil and that the oil companies were buying it from us. It would need some tweaks to improve incentives for new ACTIVE exploration and ACTIVE drilling.

And, yes, we need further reductions. While DOT has been cut 23% total funding over the last two years, most other programs have been reduced by only cursory amounts. Many of these departments claim huge reductions in one area while ignoring that they actually received increases in other funding, meaning most have been cut by less than 10% in total funding.

Companies must make profits to keep the doors open. Oil companies make bank in Alaska.