Contributed by Jessica Wright
I am Jessica Wright. My husband is Stephen Wright. We have 5 children and 1 grandson. We moved to Alaska 13 years ago due to my husband’s military assignment. Elmendorf or JBER was my husbands first choice as it was the base or place he was born. As Alaskan’s we love Alaska and its weather and people. We think it is the most beautiful and most blessed place on earth. It will be an honor and to represent you and not the special interests of Alaska. We need to restore baby restore and drill baby drill to get our economy back on track.
The reason why I am running for State House is I believe this is my mission to fix our state government in Juneau. In 2009, Anchorage was a great place to live: a lot of businesses, a lot of office buildings, a lot of stores. Unlike now, Anchorage is totally different place: it’s dirty, not safe, and business slow. So what happened to our state? We all know the answer. Walker did this to our state. During the last 7-8 years, our state has transformed from a free enterprise democracy state to Communist Socialist state. Walker and his minions in the state legislature have broken the laws with the help of judges and robbed us by taking our PFD ever since Walker vetoed our full dividends. As they continued to grow the government and government unions our state budget is now 2.5 times larger than the national average per capita.
Because of the governments expansion, bad policy has continued to suppress the private sector causing an economic downturn. In 2017, we were ranked at the bottom in the nation and we haven’t recovered from this economic calamity. It’s easy to see our number one priority would be to fix the economy. We need to have State convention this year to fix our PFD by enshrining the Hammond’s PFD law in the state constitution so Alaskans can receive their full dividend each year without government’s overreach. By doing so, our private economy will finally have a chance to grow. Government can’t grow the economy. They can only create job positions which were paid by the state, in other words, taxpayers such as you and I are paying for it.
I have a bachelor degree in Political Science and I learned in college the reason why the United States is a strong nation because the majority of the population is the middle class. Unfortunately, the last 3-4 decades, our politicians has made policies against the middle class so our country isn’t as wealthy as the previous generations. Same thing happened to our state. Our government denied our full dividends, the Alaskan families annual income dropped $10K, $20K, or $30K. For example, this year we could get close to $6,000 for dividend but we could only received $3200 which is half of the true statutory amount. If we keep this up, we will have $30,000 less per person for the next 10 years. A family of 5 will miss out at least $150,000 in dividends the next 10 years. Can anyone dares to tell me cutting PFD is not going to impact Alaska overall economy? Government spending has to be controlled. That’s why our forefathers have set up the 50/50 plan which means, they get to spend their 50% while we get to spend our 50%. Right now, it’s more like 80/20 or 85/15. They limit our PFD amount while they spend their amount plus ours. We have to stop this unlawful behavior and go back to the original PFD law: 5 year average earnings, 50/50 Plan to rebuild Alaska’s economy.
Like Reagan whose goal was to tear down this “Wall,” my goal is to bring back the “PFD.” I think until we restore our PFD, we cannot talk about anything else because it effects our livelihood. My slogan is to “Make Alaska Great Again.” I want to see our economy take off again. I want to restore Alaska to its former glory. I want to see Alaskans are happy again that they can enjoy their economic freedom and enjoy their wealth. I hope you will cast your vote for me to represent you in this election. I’m Jessica Wright, I’m Pro-life, Pro-2nd Amendment, Pro-PFD, Pro-economy. Thank you!
