The Weekly Top 3 (10.9.2023)
Some talk a good game about the #AKecon, then undermine it; why it's time to start thinking about restructuring the PF Bd & how some R's push more spending w/o identifying #WhoPays
Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of October 9, 2023.
The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. I join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:10–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.
This week our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how many talk a good game about “building the Alaska economy” but then turn around and use the revenue tool that has the “largest adverse impact” on it (2:08); 2) we discuss why it’s time to start thinking seriously about restructuring the Permanent Fund Board (17:41); and 3) we explain how it’s not just D’s that want to spend more state money without considering #WhoPays; this week’s ADN has an op-ed by a Republican elected official proposing the same thing (34:34).
The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those who prefer the audio version, it is available on our Spotify and Soundcloud pages. Go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here for this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show.