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Sure: >Despite a $2.7 billion transfer to the state treasury, the Alaska Permanent Fund earned enough from its investments to grow by $1.4 billion, or 2%, duri
by frgtpsswrdlame 6y ago
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>Despite a $2.7 billion transfer to the state treasury, the Alaska Permanent Fund earned enough from its investments to grow by $1.4 billion, or 2%, during the just-ended state fiscal year. As of June 30, the fund stood at $66.3 billion, up from $64.9 billion on the same date in 2018.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2019/09/08/permanent-fund-grows-in-first-year-of-new-system-despite-spending-billions-on-state-services-and-dividend https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2019/09/08/permanent-fund-gr...
If you'd like to know more look here: https://apfc.org/our-performance/ https://apfc.org/our-performance/
You know how rich people only have to exercise very mild discretion with their spending because of how much money their money makes? A social wealth fund is sort of like that but for everyone. I think those dividends will be lasting quite a long time.
- Thetawaves 6y agoExcept they've already been reduced to less than 1/3 of the statutory earnings amount, and the state is rapidly depleting all other savings. The writing is on the wall, all PFD earnings will go to run state government in the very near future.