Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What would the amount of the PFD have been if the Legislature hadn’t taxed it
June 28, 2024
Occasionally, we are asked if we know where to find what the amount of the Permanent Fund Dividend...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is the Permanent Fund’s downhill performance a trend, and if so, what should the Legislature do about it?
Brad Keithley June 22, 2024
One of the things that became clear while...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is the current Permanent Fund Board chaos costing Alaskans money
Brad Keithley June 14, 2024
Alaskans who have paid even cursory attention to local news in the recent past will likely have noticed...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: It’s the revenues, stupid
Brad Keithley June 7, 2024
To those of a certain age, one of the most memorable pieces of past campaign strategy is the mantra developed by advisor James Carville…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature’s FY25 “fiscal plan”: The Top 20%, non-residents & oil contribute virtually nothing
Brad Keithley May 31, 2024
A passage in a recent story in the Mat-Su...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s Super Socialists
Brad Keithley May 24, 2024
Some often refer to Permanent Fund Dividends (PFD) as “socialist” and those who advocate for them as “socialists.” The basis for the claim is…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Oil taxes are not a silver bullet
Brad Keithley May 17, 2024
Last week’s column focused on the fiscal condition in which this Legislature is leaving the state. Our point was that, as a result of...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Where are we headed?
Brad Keithley May 10, 2024
As we approach the end of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget cycle - and the start of the 2024 election cycle - we...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The myth that will not die
Brad Keithley May 3, 2024
A recent exchange helped us realize that an early myth used to argue for cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD)…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s existing personal income tax (“reduction in income”) rates
Brad Keithley April 26, 2024
On Thursday of this week, Legislative Finance presented a “Fiscal Update” to the Senate Finance...