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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: "Surplus"
This week we explain the Orwellian use of the term "surplus" by some to cover up what's really a huge and growing state budget deficit
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.22.2024)
Another step in the Orwellianization of Alaska budget terms, what explains the outmigration of working-age #AKfamilies & what effect does Ethan Schutt's…
Jul 23
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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: Why aren’t state oil revenues growing with production, and how to fix it
Most think state revenues from oil will grow with production volumes. But the most recent Spring Revenue Forecast says they don't. This week's chart…
Jul 20
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.15.2024)
Why state oil revenues aren't tracking production increases, there's still no progress on Southcentral gas as we pass a key date & we examine the Alaska…
Jul 16
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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: “Opportunity Cost” and Alaska fiscal policy
Some attempt to apply the concept of "opportunity costs" when analyzing the PFD, but they stop halfway through. We finish the work.
Jul 13
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.8.2024)
The "opportunity costs" of PFD cuts, why state revenues from oil aren't following the growth in oil production volumes & why KTUU's "man in the street…
Jul 9
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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: This is why and how the Permanent Fund is going to be drained
Some think the Permanent Fund principal can't be touched, but we explain why and how some are positioning to drain it once Permanent Fund Dividends are…
Jul 6
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.1.2024)
The Dunleavy budget legacy so far, why Alaskans should no longer trust the Permanent Fund Corporation & how the Hilcorp tax loophole keeps growing
Jul 2
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June 2024
The Friday Alaska Landmine column: What would the amount of the PFD have been if the Legislature hadn’t taxed it
Some routinely ask what past PFDs would have been if the Legislature hadn't taxed (cut) them. This week's chart does the calculations.
Jun 28
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.24.2024)
The Newsminer editorial board is hallucinating, why Alaska's Congressional candidates should be channeling Ross Perot & another nail in the Cook Inlet…
Jun 25
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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: Is the Permanent Fund’s downhill performance a trend, and if so, what should the Legislature do about it?
The answer to the question is yes, and we believe the Legislature should do three things in response
Jun 22
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.17.2024)
Why, fiscally, "bipartisanship" is becoming a bad word, why part of the Anchorage sales tax reflects good fiscal policy & who the "someone" is who…
Jun 18
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