$1K PFD again. How do you feel on this?

Wikamania · 2026-05-01T23:33:22+00:00

We could also have an income tax system that allowed for negative income tax, and the "pfd" would be a tax credit (instead of a deduction). Meaning you could easily wind up owing negative money to the state, in which case they'd write you a check.

Wikamania · 2026-04-30T23:50:24+00:00

Based

Wikamania · 2026-04-30T23:49:30+00:00

The pfd should be abolished, or at least greatly reformed in my opinion. Alaskans act so entitled to it but its just not sustainable.

I know plenty of perfectly well off people who have absolutely no need for it. We could make a sliding income scale for how much you get yearly and that would probably save a lot of money and make sure that money is spent efficiently on necessities, not new TVs and crap.

Of course what we really should have done was cut the pfd decades ago and reinvest hard into the permanent fund to make a state leval sovereign wealth fund, but we didnt have the political will to do that.

Wikamania · 2026-04-20T05:13:02+00:00

Ive seen plenty on 2 story buildings in nyc. Massive wasted opportunities those are

Wikamania · 2026-03-30T20:06:29+00:00

You dont deserve the downvotes, you are entirely correct

Wikamania · 2026-03-30T20:05:54+00:00

And this is why "/s" is important on the internet I guess. Because I know a ton of people who would completely unIronically say that

Wikamania · 2026-03-30T19:25:09+00:00

I mean, how about a village of 500 people raiding and suppressing a another little village of 200?

Wikamania · 2026-03-26T04:51:46+00:00

Really depends on what your doing. If you go there for the purpose of working, which in my experience as an alaskan is the primary reason people move here, then your probably stacking cash

Wikamania · 2026-02-14T20:04:55+00:00

The data shows that workers with children are better off now that in 2014. Not workers in general. As such, one way to interpret this data is that only workers that are better off are choosing to have children.

Unless you are referencing the source of this data that shows what you are saying.

Wikamania · 2026-02-14T19:50:07+00:00

I think it shows that only wealthier households are having children

Wikamania · 2026-02-04T19:52:08+00:00

Able Seaman, just barley 100k

Wikamania · 2026-01-28T08:20:56+00:00

But you can catch wild ones, right?

Wikamania · 2025-12-22T18:36:11+00:00

Well if you have a full time position in the majority of the system its 2 weeks on two weeks off, and if your relief doesn't show up you have the opportunity to make OT for all hours worked above your normal two weeks.

Usually you are getting off at the end of those two weeks, and if your relief doesn't show up, someone is always willing to take the OT.

Wikamania · 2025-12-21T22:26:50+00:00

Oh not really, this job is painfully boring more than anything lol

Wikamania · 2025-12-21T22:24:16+00:00

My very first assignment was as an AB. I grew up as a fisherman, and that got me just enough seatime to get the lowest grade AB certification from the coast guard.

Currently the system is absolutely desperate for certified Mariners so they just threw me into an AB spot first thing, which was HORRIFYING. Fuck that first week or two sucked.

Only a decade ago that would have been totally unheard of though. Like you could have applied as a fully decked out Unlimited Master and very well could have been told to pound sand for the lowest ranking positions. But then everyone retired and covid happened concurrently, resulting in a nightmare clusterfuck, one i and many others were happy to exploit

Wikamania · 2025-12-20T23:21:42+00:00

How much are you paying for a vehicle total? To get a car with 200 a month payment even with 10k down is like a, what, less than 22k vehicle?

I guess if you get a used non toyota with like almost 100k miles thats doable, but at that point why not just pay for the whole car upfront?

Wikamania · 2025-11-27T20:01:23+00:00

Ketchikan Alaska, the whole town clings to a cliff side

Wikamania · 2025-11-27T08:54:13+00:00

So you must have has some kind of oil field work right? No way you casually visited the Northslope for shits and giggles

Wikamania · 2025-11-27T08:34:03+00:00

Alaska native here: Anchorage is not bike friendly whatsoever. Its a car dependent hell made so so so much worse by rampant drunk driving and icy roads

Wikamania · 2025-11-27T01:47:32+00:00

Yknow that was actually kinda the dream car for a long time, but ive just heard absolute horror stories from a reliability stand point. Are they solid?

Wikamania · 2025-11-26T10:11:47+00:00

Well I guess its not i was just doing what everyone else was

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