Ron Irwin, Press Secretary 716 W Fourth Avenue, Suite 540 Anchorage, AK 99501-2133 Phone: (907) 269-0257 Fax: (907) 269-0255 Web: www.akrepublicans.org Actualities Send E-Mail    or    E-Mail List: subscribe

Minority Poll Shows Alaskans Still Say ''No'' to New Broad-Based Taxes This Year

(JUNEAU) - Members of the Senate majority today said that poll results released Tuesday by a minority House member shows that most Alaskans still oppose instituting any statewide sales or income tax.

According to the survey commissioned and paid for by Rep. Eric Croft (D-Anchorage), roughly 52 percent of Alaskans statewide still plainly oppose an income tax, while nearly 53 percent oppose a sales tax at this time. Though the poll was aimed at persuading people to choose between a sales tax and an income tax, a majority of those responding indicated they wanted neither at this point.

"I'm not surprised by these results," said Senate Majority Leader Loren Leman (R-Anchorage). "People from around the state that I have been meeting with this year are urging the Legislature to take other steps before passing a sales or income tax."

The results of Croft's poll, though slightly different than those from a poll commissioned by the Senate majority earlier this session, still show that most Alaskans want to see fundamental changes in the spending habits of government before being forced to bear the burden of new broad-based taxation.

"I think Croft's poll just confirms what we have been saying all along," said Senate Finance Committee Co-Chair Dave Donley (R-Anchorage). "People do not see the tax-and-spend plans of either the Knowles/Ulmer administration or the Democrat legislative minority as any kind of sensible long-range fiscal fix. That's why a majority of those asked across the state oppose broad-based taxation; as illustrated in our poll earlier this session and now in this poll commissioned by Rep. Croft."

The Republican majority in the Senate has held the line this session in keeping spending down, while moving incrementally toward a long-range fiscal plan that makes sense. Not a plan that shifts the burden of funding an expanding government to the shoulders of hard working Alaskans in the form of broad-based taxation until other fundamental changes are made.

# # #

Attachments:

• Print Friendly Version
  Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - 1 page(s) - 14K
  

| Sen. Leman's Page | Sen. Donley's Page |

| Top | Home | Site Search | Breaking News | Legislators | Bills |
| Committees | E-Newsletter | Surveys | Research | Help |

The Official Web Site of the House and Senate Legislative Majorities
for the 22nd Alaska State Legislature
To Report Technical Problems or Contact Webmasters