“Politics shouldn’t be about class warfare and eyeing the next election. I’m proud of the many wealthier Alaskans who have said they’d like chip in. So today over 6,000 Alaska corporations and lawyers, realtors, banks and doctors are exempted from paying corporate or any other taxes.”
– Rep. Les Gara, advocating for income taxes in an Alaska Dispatch News op-ed.
In other words, class warfare is bad. Long live class warfare.
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Suzanne Downing founded Must Read Alaska and served as its editor for many years. Her prolific writing spans nearly every topic meaningful to Alaskans. Before founding Must Read Alaska, she served as editor of the Juneau Empire and as a speechwriter for Governor Sean Parnell.
