#AKhouse PFD Voting

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To Speaker Edgmon Part 1 of 3

March 29, 2018

To: Representative Bryce Edgmon, Speaker of the House, District 37

Re: Questions About Your Presser Comments On 3/28/2018 (Video Posted Below)

***Please Note That I am splitting this into 3 separate posts in order to keep it simple and that it will be posted publicly because it references a lot of other Alaskan citizens***

Part 1/3…

During yesterday’s Alaska House Majority Coalition presser, You made a couple of statements that I’d like some clarification on.  Responding to a question from the Associated Press about the responsibility of voting for a full dividend under a deficit budget, you said that people just don’t understand the process.  How is that so?  We (Hands Off Our PFD) are very involved and engaged in the processes of Our legislature.  In fact, we’ve been so involved that several dozen of us took it upon ourselves to do a comprehensive budget audit followed by recommendations and even a long term budgeting plan. We did ‘peel back the layers’ and participate in our civic duty.  This citizen effort was in response to the effort by then Majority Leader Charisse Millett that she called #AllAboutTheBudget. Alaskans responded and were essentially ignored and even deleted by someone in Speaker Mike Chenault’s office amongst others that also deleted emails and never responded to constituents.  The current session is reflecting the same ole’ same ole’ in Juneau. 

As a legislator, you swore an Oath to uphold the Constitution and seeing as the Constitution does not mention or contain the words party/parties or caucus; Would You support non-partisan state elections and caucusing in Alaska? 

Constitutional Reminders:

Article I - § 2. Source of Government

All political power is inherent in the people. All government originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the people as a whole.

Article XII - § 5. Oath of Office

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alaska, and that I will faithfully discharge my duties as . . . to the best of my ability.”

Thanks,

Jon Corbett

Dillingham Alaska

360North Archived Video:

Part 2/3 http://jonrcorbett.blogspot.com/2018/03/to-speaker-edgmon-part-2-of-3.html

With Or Without What?

So I made the claim that my Alaska House Rep had said something along the lines of 'with or without the public's consent' when asked about how the Alaska Legislature is going to address the fiscal fiasco.  I got a few messages saying that that was not what he said.

Here Ya' Go Folks, In His Own Words:



https://www.facebook.com/ProtectThePFD/videos/717184275131948/

Simple Math 101*

Hypothetical Situation:  Let’s say there’s a community with a population of 2500 people that have an employment participation of about 1200.  Then let’s say that the average income is about $50,000.00.   Under the current flavor of the proposed income tax bill, an Alaskan earning $50000 will pay about $620 filing jointly or $800 filing singly. *** Now, multiply the median of those tax liability numbers (710) with the number of taxpayers (1200) and you come up with $852,000.00*. 

That’s how much money would be pulled from the private sector and sent directly to the government.  If one considers that maybe 50% of that amount would be spent in local commerce and taxed at 6%, the revenue loss to a municipality would be about $25,000.00* initially.

Now… Let’s also throw in the removal of say $1,000.00 of Permanent Fund Dividend money.  Although the exact numbers are difficult, with a somewhat transitional population, let’s say that 2/3s of the 2500 receive a PFD, What we get is:

2500 X .66 = 1650 X $1000 = $1,650,000.00 X .5 (local spending) = 825,000 X 6% Sales Tax = $49500 Lost Tax Revenue*

Approximate Annual Tax Revenue Loss under the current legislative plan: $75000**

Local Spending Reduction Estimate Totals:

            Income Tax                            $426000*

            Dividend Reduction              +825000*

                                                Total:  $1,251,000 removed from the local economy.*

* This number does not reflect the commerce multiplier.  That multiplier would indicate that monies revolve through a community and have more than just one impact point upon local taxes and general economic strength.  The multiplier tends to be higher in rural or isolated communities and could even indicate that the actual impact upon an Alaska Bush community would be much more critical.

** The taxing authority will be looking to replace that lost income with a new or modified revenue source.  This will also serve to reduce the monies in the local economy and fall under the impacts aforementioned multiplier, thus negatively impacting the local economy even more. 

***Income Tax numbers were culled from an email that was sent out in a press release from the Alaska House Republicans on March 28, 2017.

Is Satire On Morality Acceptable?

Is making fun of morality acceptable for a political party?

Earlier this week the leftist media and alt-bloggers took issue with information indicating that he has his wife by his side when dining with other females.  That's his choice and obviously hers as well... they do this because they believe that together they are stronger as a union.  The hypocrisy just oozes like oil spilling into the sea... as the false liberals attack Christianity in favor of a 'couldn't care less about anything lack of morality, civility and common sense.'  

 

Original Post by the Alaska Democrats: 

https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaDemocrats/posts/1415190791872814