We should drop the pretense that there are no tradeoffs and that the Permanent Fund Dividend cut has nothing to do with oil taxes or an income tax.
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This is not about economics or facts. It's an ideological box the senators have created. Some of them believe—though they are afraid to say it out loud—that as long as the state is paying any Permanent Fund Dividends, they will never support a statewide tax.
Read MoreThe White House says that any state that can afford to pay its residents an annual dividend doesn't need a "unique and additional federal subsidy" such as the commission.
Read MoreThe boost in the estate tax exemption had nothing to do with the middle class and little to do with Alaska's fishermen. It had everything to do with a tax bill aimed at helping rich people more than anyone else.
Read MoreSens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, who have lots of practice blaming others for the deficit, defended the "don't tax, but spend" bill by saying it was good for the military and good for Alaska.
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The Republican Party of Alaska tells Republican legislators to "ignore" Gov. Bill Walker on Medicaid costs. Legislators should ignore the Republican Party instead.
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Texas resident Francis Dunleavy, brother of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Dunleavy, has already provided $100,000 as the major funder of "Dunleavy for Alaska," a group pledging to spend "whatever it takes" to get his brother elected.
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Forget party loyalty. Murkowski should know that staying silent is tantamount to supporting Trump's tirades and his attacks on vital institutions.
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Trump sees ANWR and every issue through a personal filter that makes it all about him, encouraged in this delusion by Murkowski, Sullivan, Young and the rest of the Republican Party.
Read MoreOhio GOP Congressmen call on President Trump to honor his Mt. McKinley campaign promise.
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