The Weekly Top 3 (9.11.2023)
It's not just D's, some R's are pushing spending also w/o addressing #WhoPays; the theater around ANWR; & some new weekly charts that we think are important
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 September 11, 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 why it’s not just Democrats, but how Republicans also are pushing for increased spending (or reduced revenues) without addressing the issue of #WhoPays (2:10); 2) we explain why ANWR is political theater and what Alaska is receiving as part of the script (17:33); and 3) we discuss some new charts we are publishing that track the waterfall provisions in this year’s budget, the earnings reserve account, and how much in state taxes Alaskans — and which Alaska families — actually are paying to balance the FY24 budget (32:26).
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.