Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s “Tax Expenditures”
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,...
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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: The Alaska House Coalition is lying
Brad Keithley
November 10, 2023
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Have Alaska Republicans given up on the market economy?
Brad Keithley
November 3, 2023
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A tale of three fiscal subsections
Brad Keithley
October 27, 2023
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Board’s restructuring proposal is a horrible idea
Brad Keithley
October 20, 2023
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...