Chart of the Week

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A relook at sales taxes

Brad Keithley   October 4, 2024

Over the years, we have been less than supportive of using a statewide sales tax to help address Alaska’s fiscal deficits. While certainly not as regressive as using cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), sales taxes are still regressive. As the 2017 report for the then-legislature by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our monthly Permanent Fund charts

Brad Keithley   August 30, 2024

As some readers may be aware, monthly as the data becomes available, we post charts on our Facebook,

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: An interim 2024 state revenue and budget update

Brad Keithley   August 23, 2024

Over the past two years, we have used columns during the summer and fall to fill gaps in the Department of Revenue’s (DOR) regular...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Some follow-up on why there is not a Permanent Fund “fiscal crisis”

Brad Keithley   August 16, 2024

In last week’s column, we explained why claims by some that the Permanent Fund is facing a “fiscal...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: No, there is not – repeat, not – a Permanent Fund “fiscal crisis”

Brad Keithley   August 9, 2024

Sometimes we are accused of “burying the lead” to these columns by only reaching our primary point a few paragraphs down. Maybe that’s true....

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Are state policymakers really concerned about working age Alaska families? The evidence suggests not

Brad Keithley   August 2, 2024

It is no secret that Alaskans face a higher cost of...
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