For her own ulterior motives, she has been extremely vocal in wanting to do away with the permanent fund dividend distribution program.
Alice doesn't talk about balancing the budget at all in her commentary, rather she presumes the state's budget will be balanced by raiding the permanent fund. Instead the entire piece advocates reducing the PFD to $1,000 this year and further limiting payments for future years to come
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