Muzungu, I consider KK scare tactics misleading at best and don't fall very short of a lie when she repeats it. 1-Fact, Alaskans don't pay an income tax, so aren't increasing the tax burden, we are creating one. MY opinion is that citizens should pay for the services they get and am all on board with a State income and sales tax. Our free ride is over. Even Hammond, who eliminated the income tax, said it was the biggest mistake.
2-KK misrepresentation that we are expecting an income and/or sales tax will now pay 100% of ggvmt is basically drawing out an emotional reponse. I'd be scared of a 4.5b deficit paid by new taxes as well. BUT, we know that's not the problem. It's tax credits and undercompensation (royalty rate) that are now under extreme sunlight to see how bad they are for Alaska. Norway will never have this problem. But I guess our Senate GOP thinks they are still the smartest guys in the room. They aren't and never were. They were just tools for big oil.