The Weekly Top 3 (3.4.2024)

The Legislature and administration just can't stop themselves, what those proposing means testing the PFD are really trying to achieve, and where we may very well be headed if HJR 7 doesn't pass

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 4, 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 explain how, even with deficits staring them in the face, the Legislature (and administration) just can’t stop themselves from continuing to spend (2:07); 2) we discuss what those who are proposing to “means test” the PFD really are attempting to achieve (21:52); and 3) we discuss where we may very well be headed if HJR 7, the proposal to constitutionalize the PFD, fails to pass (36:03).

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.