I am against income and sales tax because either would feed the government what government wants most -- more money. BUT I agree a sales tax is much fairer and palatable than an income tax.

You get the usual leftist rants -- sales tax is "regressive"... Then exempt essentials like food and medicine and charge a higher rate on non-essentials to make up the difference. Oh, but some communities already have sales tax... Yes that sucks for those few communities, and they may have to rethink their revenue sources and it may be inconvenient, but the majority of Alaskans currently live in areas without sales tax of any kind.

Those who spend more would pay more on a sales tax, so well-off would still be contributing more BUT there is some fairness there because everyone contributes something... including over 2 million visitors a year, who each spend an average of $950 once here.