Well, Terrence, your response is the intellectual equivalent of a monkey throwing his own poo.  Maybe that works at your UAF- which is not Harvard, or Stanford, or any of the top flight schools.  I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself.  Go ahead and defend the unconstitutional SB-21 which allows billions in oil revenue to be lost per year- far more than we'd raise from an income tax (maybe $200 million).

Alaska is giving away its oil, tax- free.  Here is what Rep. Gara explained recently:

"According to the Department of Revenue, the oil tax law adopted in 2013 is predicted to bring Alaskans exactly zero dollars in oil production taxes from every field that's gone into production after 2002, and any future fields until 2026."

Some other points of concern:

Reducing dividends is highly recessionary, and highly regressive- and hurts the poor, rural Alaska, and the elderly the most.  Why would you favor that as an alternative to getting a fair return from our oil as a first step?