The Weekly Top 3 (2.23.2026)

About this episode

The episode discusses the top three issues concerning Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets for the week of February 23, 2026.

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).

People in this episode

Host: Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets

Topics covered

• oil taxes
• income tax
• PFD cuts
• Alaska economy
• regressive taxation

Keywords

• oil taxes
• income tax
• PFD cuts
• Alaska economy
• regressive taxation
• Senate Resources
• Rep. Galvin

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Places: Alaska

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