Regarding Mr. Wohlforth’s commentary in the Anchorage Daily News, Feb. 19, he really summed up the situation nicely, plus adding the study on the reduction of capital investment due to the uncertainty of our fiscal situation.
I have been advocating the broad-based income tax for over two years now, graduated so the better-off pay more, as well as the non-residents, and a lesser burden on the lower-income people.
Folks, we need to stand on our own feet and help pay for the services we all use and need.
In my case I am not beholden to anyone, have had my career and turned it over to my children, and have no axes to grind, except to look out for the future of my family. I married a wonderful born-and-raised Aleut lady, we now have over 50 blood descendants who all still live in-state. I want them and theirs to be able to enjoy the benefits of living in this state as I have.
Orin Seybert,
Anchorage