The Weekly Top 3 (1.15.2024)

The #AKSenate is fine with "gigantic" dividends … for the Top20%; what the new ITEP #WhoPays study says about Alaska & how those pushing for K-12 spending are trying to avoid paying for it themselves

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 January 15, 2024.

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 discuss the blatant hypocrisy of Senate President Gary Stevens and others in the Senate Majority when it comes to fiscal issues (2:05); 2) we explain what the new national “Who Pays” study from ITEP says about Alaska (18:48); and 3) we explain how those advocating for increased K-12 spending are pushing for everyone to pay but themselves (38:39).

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.