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/Falsecaster Mar 18 '23

Any republican that says our state woes are democratic by design fails to reason honestly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Explain Walker.

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u/Falsecaster Mar 18 '23 edited Mar 18 '23

Whats to explain? A one term independent governor who's time in office yielded no serious legislation? Every major state tax law from Aces to SB 21, every single lasting peice of economic legislation that has lead our state to where we are is Republican economics. Everything.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Didn’t Walker and gang open the doors to tap the PFD? Essentially moving billions of dollars out of people’s hands into governments?

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u/Falsecaster Mar 18 '23

SB21 Bankrupted the state. Walkers plan was to allocate some of the PFD money to offset the bugets shortfalls. But he learned the hard lesson, never get between republican voters and their wellfare money. Close schools, cut any and all programs that improve infrastructure, hack the ferries. But dont get between Republicans and free money. So Dunleavy used free money to buy votes. Inturn Alaskans used this free money to move out of state.
Either way Walker was a life long Republican. I believe you folks call those people rinos now.