Chart of the Week

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: “Free money” subsidies

Brad Keithley   November 17, 2023

If there were no Permanent Fund earnings, there would be no Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). But there also would be no Permanent Fund earnings to help pay for government spending. Instead, Alaskans would have to pay for spending directly through taxes.

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s “Tax Expenditures”

Brad Keithley   October 13, 2023

Tax expenditures are a departure from the “normal” tax code that lowers the tax burden of select individuals or businesses through an exemption, deduction,...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Fighting with straw men

Brad Keithley   October 6, 2023

A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Who is the current Legislature’s least “regressive” member from a revenue perspective?

Brad Keithley   September 29, 2023

There have been several bills filed this session that would help close all or a portion of the state’s...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The September 2023 state budget update

Brad Keithley   September 22, 2023

Last year, we began the practice of using columns in June and September to fill in gaps we believe exist in the Department of…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The upcoming budget should continue to be based on the rolling 10-year average oil price

Brad Keithley   September 15, 2023

One of the little realized things about the FY2024 budget is that, whether intentionally or not, it is...
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