Bill would allow Alaskans to donate Permanent Fund dividend to charity
Published Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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Stumble It!JUNEAU — Alaskans could donate a portion, or all, of their Alaska Permanent Fund dividend to certain community, educational or charitable organizations under a bill that has passed the House and Senate.
House Bill 166, by Haines Republican Bill Thomas would place a checkoff box on the PFD application.
Each campus of the University of Alaska would be eligible as well as organizations that offer programs that serve youth, the elderly and low income or cover arts, health care, recycling, public broadcasting, libraries and zoos, among others.
Political groups would not be eligible.
The Rasmuson Foundation, the state’s largest charitable foundation, has pledged to fully fund the administrative costs of the program for its first three years.
The bill now goes to Gov. Sarah Palin.
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This has to be vetoed. The possibilities are endless for this with hundreds of non-profit or charitable organizations who will want to be a part of this, and crying foul when they are not. The application could be pages long with all of the "worthy" causes out there. It's my choice to donate to whoever I want, whenever I want. This is just another government intervention to try and help fund the same programs, who's budgets or grants are being left out or underfunded in the budget. If the legislature has this much time on their hands to put mindless legislation through such as this, maybe 90-days is still too long.
Im not worried about this bill because Im never going to check the box.
:-) But everything government does costs money. Who and how many will they hire to see if the boxes are checked? I'm with oldakcuss on this one. It's true there will be bad feelings all around if some non-profits make the cut and some don't, but the potential bureaucracy to oversee this program makes me wonder at the motives. Granted, Fed giving through CFC is taken on as collateral duty in on a "volunteer" basis, but I'm sure there are people out there who are paid to check and run these programs. I like giving to causes and donating to charity, but that doesn't mean I want to government involved in it nor tracking to whom and how much I give at one time.
...A bill will "allow" donations of the PFD to charity? I'm sorry - I wasn't aware that I needed a bill from lawmakers to donate. I'll have to be more careful in the future.
Jeezly crow people. This is what you do up in Juneau? But hey, I guess I should be thankful for the box to check; I don't know how I'd make any decisions without your help.
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