The Weekly Top 3 (9.21.2026)
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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 September 21, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how Republican gubernatorial candidates Dave Bronson & Treg Taylor fell for a trap on the issue of Permanent Fund structure during the Commonwealth North debate (2:10), 2) we make a correction to a comment we made on last week's show about household income levels and then explain how we use those in analyzing the impact of PFD cuts (18:35), and 3) we use a recent op-ed to explain why the solution some see to making Alaska more affordable for a select few makes it less affordable for a lot of others (36:48). 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 September 21, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how Republican gubernatorial candidates Dave Bronson & Treg Taylor fell for a trap on the issue of Permanent Fund structure during the Commonwealth North debate (2:10), 2) we make a correction to a comment we made on last week's show about household income levels and then explain how we us...
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- 0:00 Welcome And Weekly Top Three
- 2:10 The Permanent Fund Merge Trap
- 18:37 Correcting The Top 20% Number
- 23:05 Why PFD Cuts Hit Middle Income
- 31:18 Listener Questions On Taxes And Models
- 34:26 Do Benefits Really Flow Downward
- 37:33 The 2% Mortgage Subsidy Debate
- 50:40 Regulation Costs And Closing Thoughts
- 54:10 Where To Follow And Next Week
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