text: I was shredding old tax forms the other day. In my 1995 papers was a flier from the PFD office that came with our PFD check that year bemoaning a state budget deficit of $528 million. It noted we have a deficit "because we spend too much" and it noted we needed go do something NOW.  So 21 years later we did nothing but expand government, fund boondoggle projects, and spend money like drunken saillors. Here we are!
  
  Instead of applying the tax to the amount paid in federal income tax, why not apply it to the adjusted gross income before things like the earned income credit and a few others kick in?  That way EVERYBODY could share in the fun.  If you earn enough to fill out a tax form (ie get a dividend) you get to chip in. If you want you can deduct PFD checks before you apply the tax. That way you dont pay state tax on the federal tax on money paid by the state. It makes no sense to give out money then tax us on it.
  
  The tax will increase state spending by $15 million to oversee it!!