This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, diving deeper than the press releases on the APFC’s performance & the House Majority proves again their “concern” about working #AKfams is a stage prop. #akleg buff.ly/MrAHEhj

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, diving deeper than the press releases on the APFC’s performance & the House Majority proves again their “concern” about working #AKfams is a stage prop. #akleg https://bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-weekly-top-3-1052026

This Week's Column| Middle-income #AKfams are already struggling per United Way's ALICE study. PFD cuts are a significant contributor. Adding more spending, paid for by even deeper PFD cuts, would make it worse. #akleg https://bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-friday-column-the-alice-report

As the charts demonstrate, the first approach spreads the burden proportionately among all #AKfams. The second, third & fourth are increasingly regressive, taking more from 80% of #AKfams than the first approach.

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This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, diving deeper than the press releases on the APFC’s performance & the House Majority proves again their “concern” about working #AKfams is a stage prop. #akleg https://bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-weekly-top-3-1052026

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, diving deeper than the press releases on the APFC’s performance & the House Majority proves again their “concern” about working #AKfams is a stage prop. #akleg https://bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-weekly-top-3-1052026

The knee-jerk response of many #akleg: we need more gov't services (K-12, child care, etc).

Our response: #WhoPays?

Theirs: PFD cuts.

Ours: Ah, the death spiral. Killing the patient (by reducing the income of middle-income #AKfams even more) to "save" them.

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This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, diving deeper than the press releases on the APFC’s performance & the House Majority proves again their “concern” about working #AKfams is a stage prop. #akleg https://bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-weekly-top-3-1052026

This Wk's Top 3| Was there any real progress last week on #AKLNG, some repeat #APFC press releases but we look at the numbers & #akleg D/I's want "investment" in K-12 paid for mostly on middle-income #AKfams. T'row, 6:05a on the Michael Dukes Show at https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eokzn8ieA/

As the charts demonstrate, the first approach spreads the burden proportionately among all #AKfams. The second, third & fourth are increasingly regressive, taking more from 80% of #AKfams than the first approach.

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As the charts demonstrate, the first approach spreads the burden proportionately among all #AKfams. The second, third & fourth are increasingly regressive, taking more from 80% of #AKfams than the first approach.

5/6

As the charts demonstrate, the first approach spreads the burden proportionately among all #AKfams. The second, third & fourth are increasingly regressive, taking more from 80% of #AKfams than the first approach.

5/6

Viewed under current law:
* What really paid for the Supplemental K-12? PFD cuts.
* What is the so-called FY26 "surplus"? Excess PFD cuts.
* Who paid for both? Largely Middle & Lower-Income #AKfams
* Who didn't? Top 20%, #NonRez & #Oil Cos.
#akleg

As the charts demonstrate, the first approach spreads the burden proportionately among all #AKfams. The second, third & fourth are increasingly regressive, taking more from 80% of #AKfams than the first approach.

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🤦‍♂️ Let's be clear. Under #CurrentLaw, the additional spending is being paid for by deeper PFD cuts/taxes. Middle and lower-income #AKfams are paying for it ("most regressive tax ever proposed"), while the Top20%, #NonRez & #Oil Cos dodge. #akleg buff.ly/Qw4dW4w