OPINION: To pay a full PFD we must name the cuts & untangle Alaska budgetary knots
If you want a larger PFD without risking the Fund, you must either (a) name the cuts (and the lost federal matches), (b) name the new revenues, or (c) change the rules (and defend the long-term consequences). If you want stable services without shrinking the
REP. YUNDT: There’s no ‘magic’ wand to protect Alaska’s PFD – only hard work
If we’re serious about protecting Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, we have to start with a clear understanding of how it came to be and why it matters.
A response to Sen. Yundt: ‘Endorsing’ the PFD is easy. Now what’s the plan?
I read State Sen. Rob Yundt’s PFD post with both appreciation and concern. I appreciate his support for a full, statutory dividend; Alaskans are better stewards of those dollars than 60 legislators. That’s consistent with our constitutional design:
Petition to ‘restore’ Alaska’s PFD gains 20K signatures in 3 days
An online petition calling on the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to restore the Permanent Fund Dividend has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures in less than 24
CALCULATE: How much have Alaskans lost since lawmakers began taking their PFDs?
Have you ever wondered just how much money the Alaska Legislature has siphoned off from your family’s annual Permanent Fund Dividend payments? A new calculator makes that
TODAY: Public hearing on plan to increase Alaska’s education budget by $250M
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Alaskans will have a chance to weigh in on a controversial proposal to pump an additional $250 million into Alaska’s failing public education system. The hearing on Senate Bill 52 will take place in the Alaska Senate Education
OPINION: Alaska’s Senate Majority is drooling over ways to spend your PFD
There is no amount of money that will ever satiate government bureaucracy. In fact, the larger it grows the more it demands. This is playing out in Alaska’s Senate as you read. The Senate Majority caucus – comprised of nine Democrats and eight Republicans
Who are Alaska’s Good Guys & Bad Guys when it comes to a full PFD?
Let’s get it right this time in dealing with the Alaska Permanent Fund and its Dividend. First the calculation that worked for over 30 years was earnings based. In other words, how much did the Fund earn over the last five years, less the inflation
Alaska gubernatorial candidate Kurka defends his PFD vote
Editor’s note: The following open letter to Alaskans was written by Alaska State Rep. Christopher Kurka who is running for governor. Dear Fellow Alaskans: I acknowledge many of you are angry. Given what Alaskans have suffered during the last six years of
AK lawmakers use your money to buy your support for policies you hate
I’m not saying our wise and benevolent politicians in Juneau would ever stoop so low, but picture for a moment the day you wake up and learn that your Alaska legislators have decided to begin using your own money to buy your support for their policies,
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