The Weekly Top 3 (3.27.2023)
The #akleg's initial reax to the Spring RF; the disconnect b/w the #akleg fiscal approach and the conditions facing #AKfams & one #AKmedia finally acknowledges how PFDcuts impact #AKfams
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 March 27, 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 6:25–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.
This week our top 3 issues are these: 1) while the legislature has started to intensify the fiscal debate after the Spring Revenue Forecast, their focus thus far remains on continued spending and protecting the Top20% from paying for it (2:04), 2) the wide and growing disconnect between the legislature’s fiscal approach and the conditions actually facing Alaska families and the economy (22:10), and 3) the Alaska media begins to recognize the impact of PFD cuts on Alaska families (34:11).
The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available both on our Spotify and Soundcloud pages. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.