The alliance is presenting itself as a potent revenue raiser for the state.

That plan, which he has described as more of a health initiative than a revenue raiser, requires state approval.

VAT, which replaced purchase tax, has become the other major revenue raiser.

But it is also a revenue raiser, and that is important now, with deficits already large before the disaster.

The $1.9 billion proposed environmental bond is another revenue raiser that will hurt family farmers.

Based on recent history, the windfall-profits tax is a proven revenue raiser.

"We are just now learning how to use the hall as a revenue raiser as well as a community resource," he said.

Look for less visible revenue raisers in the future.

The second-biggest revenue raiser, about $70 billion over five years, would be the new fuel tax, which would go into effect next year.

And he describes the proposal as more of an antismoking measure than a revenue raiser.