Daily Archives: April 5, 2017

Yesterday, Chris Story invited me to join him on his Homer-based “Alaska Matters Radio” program to discuss the proposal by some (including his home town State Representative, Paul Seaton) to institute an Alaska state income tax.  Chris’ interest was triggered by a recent piece I did on our Medium blog:  “Reason № 3 behind why the Alaska economy is in a recession and potentially, about to get worse …“.

On our way to that topic we also managed to work in a discussion about the current status of the Alaska economy, the effect on that of the PFD cut made last year by Governor Walker and proposed to be made permanent by the Governor and others in the legislature, former Governor Jay Hammond’s approach to the use of earnings from the Permanent Fund and my recent meeting with Governor Walker to discuss my approach to addressing Alaska’s current fiscal situation.  A podcast of the discussion is available above or here.

Each Tuesday morning at 7:20 am Alaska, I join KBYR AM700‘s The Michael Dukes Show to discuss the latest in Alaska oil and fiscal issues. This week Michael and I discuss why I would be a no vote on the Alaska Senate Majority’s proposed Operating Budget, their claim and others that they “already” have reduced state spending by “44%,” why Nat Herz has it right in a recent ADN piece (“With 2 weeks left in session, Alaska House and Senate look as deadlocked as Day 1“), and what that means on where the #AKLeg goes from here. The clip starts at my segment.

Listen here or at the widget below for this week’s show. For past episodes, go here.