Some claim PFDs are "spending." By that logic, so are PFDcuts. They are "spending" on tax credits for those in the Top20% (which includes most #akleg), #NonRez & #OilCos: #AlaskasSuperSocialists.
Who pays for them? Middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/RY3SCBr
Who pays for them? Middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/RY3SCBr
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s Super Socialists
Some often refer to Permanent Fund Dividends (PFD) as “socialist” and those who advocate for them as “socialists.” The basis for the claim is that PFDs come from “unearned” Permanent Fund earnings,…
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November 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Some claim PFDs are "spending." By that logic, so are PFDcuts. They are "spending" on tax credits for those in the Top20% (which includes most #akleg), #NonRez & #OilCos: #AlaskasSuperSocialists.
Who pays for them? Middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/RY3SCBr
Who pays for them? Middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/RY3SCBr
🤔 Some express concern about #WorkingAKfams as long as it's useful to support spending, but when it comes to how to pay for that spending, their REAL concern is about protecting the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos. #akleg buff.ly/LI6kUaB
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s Super Socialists
Some often refer to Permanent Fund Dividends (PFD) as “socialist” and those who advocate for them as “socialists.” The basis for the claim is that PFDs come from “unearned” Permanent Fund earnings,…
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October 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🤔 Some express concern about #WorkingAKfams as long as it's useful to support spending, but when it comes to how to pay for that spending, their REAL concern is about protecting the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos. #akleg buff.ly/LI6kUaB
🤦♂️ 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
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September 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🤦♂️ 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
It's a 'tell' when #akleg candidates say those they talk to oppose 'new' taxes. By replacing PFD cuts, broad-based taxes would INCREASE the incomes of middle & lower-income (80% of) #AKfams. Who are they talking to? The Top20% & #NonRez & #OilCo lobbyists. bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-friday...
August 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It's a 'tell' when #akleg candidates say those they talk to oppose 'new' taxes. By replacing PFD cuts, broad-based taxes would INCREASE the incomes of middle & lower-income (80% of) #AKfams. Who are they talking to? The Top20% & #NonRez & #OilCo lobbyists. bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-friday...
Using PFDcuts to fund govt spending essentially shields the Top20%, #NonRez-fueled industries & #OilCos (the "donor class") from contributing. Until they also have an incentive to push back, Alaska's deficits, already $1.9 bn, will keep growing. #akleg bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-friday...
August 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Using PFDcuts to fund govt spending essentially shields the Top20%, #NonRez-fueled industries & #OilCos (the "donor class") from contributing. Until they also have an incentive to push back, Alaska's deficits, already $1.9 bn, will keep growing. #akleg bgkeithley.substack.com/p/the-friday...
Geez 2017. I’m surprised by how little I hear about any alternative forms of mfg or blah blah. If we needed mfg structures to look like intellectual property NONRez or equipment
November 25, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Geez 2017. I’m surprised by how little I hear about any alternative forms of mfg or blah blah. If we needed mfg structures to look like intellectual property NONRez or equipment
Natasha von Imhof famously once said, "The greed and entitlement is astounding to me." In a moment of stark hypocrisy, she was projecting about herself & her contemporaries in the Top20%, #NonRez & the #OilCos. #akleg alaskalandmine.com/landmines/br...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: They don’t really object to “free money;” they just want more of it to flow to their pockets instead
Some recent comments reminded us that it's been a while since we wrote about the Tax Avoidance...… Read More
alaskalandmine.com
August 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Natasha von Imhof famously once said, "The greed and entitlement is astounding to me." In a moment of stark hypocrisy, she was projecting about herself & her contemporaries in the Top20%, #NonRez & the #OilCos. #akleg alaskalandmine.com/landmines/br...
😡PFD CUTS ARE "THE MOST REGRESSIVE TAX ever proposed," hitting middle-income #AKfams hardest. Any candidate not pushing to replace them with lower-impact, broad-based approaches is just catering to those in the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCo's at the expense of #AlaskansFirst. #akleg
August 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
😡PFD CUTS ARE "THE MOST REGRESSIVE TAX ever proposed," hitting middle-income #AKfams hardest. Any candidate not pushing to replace them with lower-impact, broad-based approaches is just catering to those in the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCo's at the expense of #AlaskansFirst. #akleg
🤦 Those in the upper-income brackets, #NonRez & #OilCos love to see op-eds like this. They know the #akleg spending cuts will never happen, but that the discussion will continue to divert attention from developing substitute revenues that they would otherwise pay.
THE RIGHT QUESTION: ‘After paying a full PFD, how can Alaska fund key services at a lower cost?’
It’s possible to pay a full statutory PFD and fund state government. It just takes fearless legislators willing to stand up to special interest groups to find ways to manage our budget wisely.
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June 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Some rationalize #akleg PFD cuts on the basis that it's "free money" anyway. But the "free money" doesn't go away with the cuts; the benefits just transfer to the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos. What's REALLY going on is they just want the "free money" for themselves.
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: They don’t really object to “free money;” they just want more of it to flow to their pockets instead
Some recent comments reminded us that it's been a while since we wrote about the Tax Avoidance...… Read More
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May 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The 2026 ISER report on #akleg fiscal options CLEARLY outlines paths for saving 80% of #AKfams tons of money. To date, NO candidate for #AKgov has included those paths in their platform. Why? Probably b/c the paths would require contributions from the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos.
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Significantly reducing the impact of the state’s fiscal burden on Alaskans
An exchange earlier this week with an interested reader helped us realize that some aren’t appreciating the full impact of various fiscal options on Alaska...… Read More
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May 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The #akleg is operated mostly for the benefit of the Top20%, #OilCos & #NonRez. Some #akleg are there entirely to protect that, some understand it and play the game to get what they can for select interests & some (most??) are clueless and just go along. Very, VERY few push back.
May 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Some #akleg talk tough on PFDs, then fold when told they will need to use taxes to con't to fund even minimal govt. Turns out, when push comes to shove, they care more about the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos than middle & lower income (80%) of #AKfams. buff.ly/VI7HXQJ
April 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Some #akleg talk tough on PFDs, then fold when told they will need to use taxes to con't to fund even minimal govt. Turns out, when push comes to shove, they care more about the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos than middle & lower income (80%) of #AKfams. buff.ly/VI7HXQJ
MOST intellectually dishonest argument to rationalize PFD cuts? "It's just less free money."
The "free money" doesn't disappear. Cutting the PFD just shifts its benefit to the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos. They get MORE of it.
The "free money" doesn't disappear. Cutting the PFD just shifts its benefit to the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos. They get MORE of it.
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: They don’t really object to “free money;” they just want more of it to flow to their pockets instead
Some recent comments reminded us that it's been a while since we wrote about the Tax Avoidance...… Read More
buff.ly
April 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Basically, analyzing Alaska fiscal policy is the study of who subsidizes whom. The biggest subsidy? PFD cuts, which are used to shield the Top20% & #NonRez from bearing their share of govt costs. #akleg
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: They don’t really object to “free money;” they just want more of it to flow to their pockets instead
Some recent comments reminded us that it's been a while since we wrote about the Tax Avoidance...… Read More
alaskalandmine.com
April 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Basically, analyzing Alaska fiscal policy is the study of who subsidizes whom. The biggest subsidy? PFD cuts, which are used to shield the Top20% & #NonRez from bearing their share of govt costs. #akleg
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alaskalandmine.com/landmines/br...
Middle & lower-income Alaskans are told that cuts to their PFDs are being used to pay for govt. What they are really being used for is to shield upper-income Alaskans, #OilCos & #NonRez from paying their share of the costs of govt thru taxes. #akleg buff.ly/3x7ksom
March 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Middle & lower-income Alaskans are told that cuts to their PFDs are being used to pay for govt. What they are really being used for is to shield upper-income Alaskans, #OilCos & #NonRez from paying their share of the costs of govt thru taxes. #akleg buff.ly/3x7ksom
PFD cuts are about one thing only: protecting the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos from the costs of #akleg spending.
Rather than spreading the impact broadly, PFD cuts instead focus the burden almost entirely on middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/Y8K07jZ
Rather than spreading the impact broadly, PFD cuts instead focus the burden almost entirely on middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/Y8K07jZ
March 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
PFD cuts are about one thing only: protecting the Top20%, #NonRez & #OilCos from the costs of #akleg spending.
Rather than spreading the impact broadly, PFD cuts instead focus the burden almost entirely on middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/Y8K07jZ
Rather than spreading the impact broadly, PFD cuts instead focus the burden almost entirely on middle- & lower-income #AKfams. buff.ly/Y8K07jZ
Some argue that the #akleg should divert money designated for PFD distributions to other "important" uses. If those uses are important, then ALL #AKfams & #NonRez should contribute, rather than taking the money almost entirely from middle- & lower-income #AKfams through PFD cuts.
February 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ALL of the #akleg POMV draw is "free money." The PFD largely benefits middle & lower-income #AKfams; the portion used to fund govt (substitute for taxes) largely benefits #NonRez, #OilCos & #UpperIncome. PFDcuts simply shift more "free money" to the latter.
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s Super Socialists
Some often refer to Permanent Fund Dividends (PFD) as “socialist” and those who advocate for them as “socialists.” The basis for the claim is that PFDs come from “unearned” Permanent Fund earnings,…
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
ALL of the #akleg POMV draw is "free money." The PFD largely benefits middle & lower-income #AKfams; the portion used to fund govt (substitute for taxes) largely benefits #NonRez, #OilCos & #UpperIncome. PFDcuts simply shift more "free money" to the latter.
Economically, the "free money" from PF earnings is used either to fund PFDs or to shield #NonRez, #OilCos & the Top20% from taxes to cover add'l govt spending. Those pushing PFD cuts just want to use more as a tax shield for the protected class. #akleg buff.ly/A7Az3TZ
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Economically, the "free money" from PF earnings is used either to fund PFDs or to shield #NonRez, #OilCos & the Top20% from taxes to cover add'l govt spending. Those pushing PFD cuts just want to use more as a tax shield for the protected class. #akleg buff.ly/A7Az3TZ
