The Weekly Top 3 (2.23.2026)
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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of February 23, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the action taken by Senate Resources this past week on oil taxes and why we think its performative and unserious (2:17), 2) we explain how Rep. Galvin’s proposed income tax becomes very regressive — indeed, much more than the Governor’s proposed sales tax — when coupled with the additional steps required to close the full deficit (17:54), and 3) we explore why some seem to discard alternatives to PFD cuts even when, by raising susbstantial amounts from non-Alaskans, using the alternatives would leave much more money in the pockets of Alaska families and the Alaska economy (34:54). The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. We join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:25–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.
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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of February 23, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the action taken by Senate Resources this past week on oil taxes and why we think its performative and unserious (2:17), 2) we explain how Rep. Galvin’s proposed income tax becomes very regressive — indeed, much more than the Governor’s proposed sales tax — when coupled with the additional step...
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- 0:10 Show Intro And Weekly Top Three
- 1:32 This Week’s Three Big Issues
- 2:44 Setting The Stage: Platforms And Schedule
- 4:47 Oil Taxes Under SB21 Are Plunging
- 7:05 Senate Resources’ 17% Gross Proposal
- 10:53 Why 17% Is A Poison Pill
- 14:13 Investment History: ACES vs SB21
- 18:08 Misusing The Hammond “Third” Idea
- 22:35 Serious Paths: Harden The Floor, Fix GVR
- 27:32 Modeling A 6–7% Floor Outcome
- 30:55 Topic Shift: Galvin’s Income Tax
- 33:44 The $1.5B Gap And Only $330M Raised
- 36:55 How PFD Cuts Make It Regressive
- 40:16 Sales Tax vs Flat Tax Tradeoffs
- 44:05 Performance Politics And Election Cycles
- 49:18 Choosing Least Harm To Middle Class
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