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 May 8, 2023.
This week our top 3 issues are these: 1) why, as we follow the news on Alaska fiscal policy, we are continually reminded of Samuel Becket’s play, “Waiting for Godot,” (2:10); 2) why, as we read the op-ed pages and even see Facebook ads, we are reminded of former US Senator and Senate Finance Chairman Russell Long’s summation of tax policy: “don’t tax me, don’t tax you, tax that guy behind the tree,” (21:57); and 3) why pushing forward on a spending cap alone — rather than as part of an overall fiscal package — is a trap for the PFD (31:46).
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.
