".... most Alaskans understand these facts and are ready for a balanced plan that includes an income tax" 

"Most Alaskans?" 

Care to cite where that statistic came from Mr. Wohlforth? I haven't seen any poll to back up that assertion. I have however, seen several polls that clearly state Alaskans believe we spend too much and spending is the greater problem vs revenue.

I did review the IRS spreadsheet (thank you for the link; interesting). In 2014 there were 361,130 tax filers. Yet only 240,900 had income over $25,000.00

According to the PDF website (http://pfd.alaska.gov/Division-Info/Summary-of-Applications-and-Payments), in 2014 the population of Alaska was 735,601 and 631,306 received a PFD in the amount of $1,884. Thus, 33% of Alaskans had a job and made over $25,000 - this is the group that you and the income-tax-supporting-crowd think should pay for state government with the 86% that received free cash should not....

I think you're a great writer; a great fiction writer