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 January 3, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we review the Governor's proposed FY23 budget and 10-year fiscal plan released just before the holidays (2:17); 2) we discuss the Carl Marrs' op-ed appearing in the ADN and elsewhere over the holidays, that when read in context thanks the legislature essentially for continuing to insulate those in the Top20% income bracket from the impact of government spending levels by shifting the burden instead to middle & lower income Alaska families (18:19); and 3) we discuss what we will be facing from a fiscal perspective as the COVID-related influx of federal money into Alaska recedes and things return to normal (23:54).
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. We 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.
