NEIL: MADISON, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
THE READ ON ALL OF THE ABOVE
WITH MIKE DUNLEAVY, THE GOVERNOR
OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL STATE OF
ALASKA, KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN US.
SO MUCH TO GET INTO HERE, SIR,
MIND TOUCHING ON WITH YOU THIS
APPARENT RAIL STRIKE AVERSE,
STARTED AND DOESN’T LONG LIKE IT
IS ON NOW.
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS WHETHER
BOTH SIDES ULTIMATELY AGREE TO
IT.
YOUR THOUGHTS, ALASKA A BIG
FREIGHT RAIL STATE AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, WE’RE NOT CONNECTED TO
THE LOWER 48 PER SE BY RAIL,
NONETHELESS THOSE GOODS AND
SERVICES ARRIVE IN ALASKA
OVERLAND BY TRUCK OR CARGO SHIP
COMING UP.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO NOT
DISRUPT THE SUPPLY CHAIN ALREADY
HAS WILL BE GOOD FOR ALASKA, AS
YOU SAID, WE DON’T KNOW DETAILS
WHAT GOODS AND SERVICES FLOWING
THROUGH ALASKA.
[INAUDIBLE].
NEIL: GOVERNOR, YOU WERE AMONG A
COUPLE OF DOZEN REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S PUSH RIGHT NOW FOR
THIS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS,
20,000, FOR PRESENT STUDENTS,
FORMER STUDENTS.
COULD BE MORE THAN 40 MILLION OF
THEM, EXPLAIN WHY YOU DON’T LIKE
IT.
>> WELL, IT IS, FIRST OF ALL IT
IS A FAIRNESS ISSUE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT
WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS NEIL.
SOME FOLKS THAT NEVER WENT TO
COLLEGE, SOME FOLKS PAID FOR
STUPID LOANS.
I HAD A STUDENT LOAN WHEN I WENT
TO COLLEGE.
WE PAID IT OFF.
THAT WAS EXPECTED.
THE ONE ISSUE.
THE OTHER ISSUE AGAIN WHAT
PRESSURES IS THIS GOING TO BRING
UPON OUR MONETARY SYSTEM AND
INFLATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THOSE
PERSPECTIVES, IT, I DON’T THINK
NECESSARILY SOMETHING MAJORITY
OF AMERICANS SUPPORT BECAUSE
ONCE AGAIN THEY, THEY WERE NOT
ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF
HAVING YOUR STUDENT LOAN.
IT IS KIND OF A HEAD-SCRATCHER
FOR A LOT OF US, BUT IN THE END,
WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS GOING TO
HAVE ON OUR MONETARY SYSTEM.
WHAT WILL IT HAVE ON INFLATION
AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE THINKING
GOING FORWARD WHEN AGREEMENT TO
TAKE ON A LOAN, STUDENT LOAN, IN
TERMS OF WHAT CAN BE CANCELED OR
PUT ASIDE.
NEIL: IF YOU DON’T MIND GOING
INTO POLITICS IN YOUR STATE
GOVERNOR, THERE ARE FEARS AMONG
MANY REPUBLICANS THEY COULD LOSE
CONTROL MINUS YOUR OFFICE OF THE
STATE, THIS RANK CHOICE VOTING
IS WHAT IS DOING IT.
THAT FOR EXAMPLE, SARAH PALIN
NOT QUITTING, MAKING IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR NICK BEGICH TO
FINALLY BEAT MATOLA WHEN IT
COMES TO THE ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER.
SHE IS FINISHING OUT THAT TERM
IN THE MEANTIME.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
ON THAT?
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SIMPLIFY
THINGS.
IT SEEMS TO COMPLICATE THINGS?
>> IT’S A COMBLY INDICATED
APPROACH TO ELECTIONS.
WE HAD AN ELECTION SYSTEM HERE
IN ALASKA FOR DECADES.
PEOPLE OF ALASKA THROUGH
INITIATIVE PUT THIS ON THE
BALLOT, PASSED IT HAPPENED
RIGHT, WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT DON
YOUNG PASSED.
THAT IS WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IN
TERMS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION
PLAY OUT.
IN THE INIT IS A COMPLICATED
APPROACH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
A LOT OF FOLKS VOICED THEIR
OPINION IT IS DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE ASSURED
PERSON THEY WANT TO GET ELECTED
WILL BET ELECTED THROUGH THEIR
VOTE.
SO IT IS A JUNGLE PRIMARY.
YOU COULD HAVE A 100 PEOPLE
RUNNING PRIMARY.
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT PARTY, TOP
FOUR GOES ON TO THE GENERAL.
THERE DID RANKING PROGRESS, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE 50% PLUS TO ONE
THIS IS ALL VERY, VERY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT OCCURRED HERE IN
ALASKA FOR DECADES.
FOLKS ARE TRYING TO FEEL THEIR
WAY THROUGH IT.
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO
EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON IT.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
MY HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT
MORE GOING IN THE GENERAL THAN
SOME IN THE PRIMARY.
WE ALL WANT FREE AND FAIR
ELECTIONS.
WE WANT TO BELIEVE OUR VOTE
COUNTS.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, NEIL.
TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IT AND
DO A LOOK-BACK [INAUDIBLE]
NEIL: GIVEN FOR THE GENERAL
ELECTION IN EIGHT WEEKS OR SO,
GOVERNOR, DO YOU THINK THAT
SARAH PALIN SHOULD STAND DOWN?
>> YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
FOLKS THAT ARE POLITICAL PUNDITS
ALL OVER THE PLACE WHICH IS
FINE, IN THE END INDIVIDUALS
HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO
RUN FOR OFFICE IF THEY WANT TO
STAY IN A RACE.
SARAH PALIN, NICK BEGICH, MARY
MATOLA MADE IT THROUGH THE
PRIMARY.
THEY WILL BE IN THE BALLOT.
PEOPLE WILL HAVE THIS THINK HOW THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE, HOW THEY
THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE, HOW THEY
WILL RANK FOLKSES BUT YOU FIND
PEOPLE PUT EFFORT INTO A
CAMPAIGN ARE NOT NECESSARILY
INTERESTED IN DROPPING.
NEIL: GOVERNOR, KEEP US POSTED
WHAT PROGRESS YOU’RE MAKING.