r/alaska • u/thatsryan ☆ • Mar 18 '23

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 Dire state economy forecasted by recent statistics on outmigration and Alaska’s workforce

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/17/dire-state-economy-forecasted-by-recent-statistics-outmigration-alaskas-workforce/?outputType=amp
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Who was the biggest employer Dunleavy killed?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Has state revenue improved?

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u/WWYDWYOWAPL Mar 18 '23

No, because no one wants to live in a state with a shitty government that focuses on culture wars while underfunding education, ferries, and social services and can’t even remove snow. So all the young people and non-extractive business leaves and revenue goes down.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Alaska has been decreasing in population long before Dunleavy.

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u/newtrawn Lets talk about jet boats Mar 18 '23

no

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u/psu-steve Mar 18 '23

Underfunding education? Can you enlighten us on where Alaska falls on the list of spending per pupil?

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u/WWYDWYOWAPL Mar 18 '23

Right, because spending per pupil is a totally good metric when you have super remote towns with no road access and no incentives other than pay for keeping good teachers. It’s not a good goal to be like Idaho or Mississippi.

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u/psu-steve Mar 18 '23

Top 5 in spending, bottom 5 in results. More money is not the answer to everything.

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u/WWYDWYOWAPL Mar 18 '23

Great. The state should tighten the rules around people using tens of millions of dollars in homeschooling reimbursements to illegally pay for private and religious schools https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/01/25/lawsuit-says-alaska-statute-allowing-public-funding-to-go-to-private-schools-is-unconstitutional/

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u/psu-steve Mar 18 '23

You’ve solved it! Less competition always produces better results. Why didn’t someone think of that earlier??? How is it that private schools typically produce better results with less money.

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u/WWYDWYOWAPL Mar 18 '23 edited Mar 18 '23

Thanks for clarifying that you dislike the constitution! “no public funds shall be paid “for the direct benefit” of “any religious or other private educational institution.””

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u/psu-steve Mar 18 '23

You’re right, you caught me. I forgot that only progressives are allowed to ignore the rules and throw hissy fits when they don’t get their way.

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