The Weekly Top 3 (8.7.2023)
How PFDcuts were used to buy the state's new bond rating, why including non-rez as part of the state's overall fiscal plan is important & the membership of UA's Board of Regents
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 August 7, 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) we explain how PFDcuts have been used to buy the state’s new higher bond rating, in other words, how it has been built on the back of middle & lower income Alaska families (2:03); 2) we discuss why it's significant that contributions by non-residents engaged in economic activity in the state be included as part of the state’s overall fiscal plan (10:39); and 3) we explain our concern with the policy of disqualifying from the University’s Board of Regents those who may have previously pushed for spending cuts at the University (27:38).
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.