ALASKA! PERMANENT FUND/PFD

The Permanent Dividend Fund was established to keep state lawmakers from pissing our oil wealth away on more government. For 40 years the annual dividend payment was distributed to Alaskans who have lived here at least one year according to a statutory formula. In 2016 Gov. Bill Walker and a majority coalition in the Alaska Legislature decided spending our wealth fund for more government was more virtuous than payments to Alaskans under the law. The People are becoming angry.

When Alaskans Fought for Their PFD

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As is true every legislative session in Backwater Juneau, a lot of drama is generated surrounding how much elected officials from around the state must pay Permanent Fund Dividends to Shareholders in the Owner State. Let’s take a look at why there is such a fund and why politicians speak out one side of their faces about protecting a dividend for Alaskans but usually come up short after colluding to pay so many Special Interests out of the other side of their faces.

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Alaskans Demand Payment!

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 Juneau Permanent Fund Dividend/Food Security Machinations The Alaska Legislature marvels at our Goose Egg Nugget from catastrophic energy policies of Joe Biden in his first year as President of the United States of America. A wonderful collateral benefit of the annual Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is if somebody owes you some money, with a court judgment against them you can garnish their annual

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Year-end review

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Seeking Alaskan Truths in 2021 (2021©donnliston.co)   Living the Alaskan Lifestyle is by definition active. Sitting at a computer screen or looking at a phone are not active pursuits. So, having lived the Alaskan Lifestyle 60 years means I have mostly found my groove in dealing with demands of Alaskan Life—I’ve done enough Alaskan stuff

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