Alex Thompson
36:56 - 37:14
"if we don't do pull tabs, there is no taxes in the first place."
“if we don't do pull tabs, there is no taxes in the first place.”
- Speaker
- Alex Thompson
- Timestamp
- 36:56 – 37:14
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Nome
- Captured at
- September 28, 2026
From the transcript
So the money that, that is the city's quote unquote losing out is really actually going to the members of the community directly, not being funneled through the city and not having an overhead taken off of it. So yeah, that's the two things I really want to stress on is if we don't do pull tabs, there is no taxes in the first place. And if we, and if we want to talk about value of services, everyone here is a volunteer in these organizations. Everyone delivers their time and all the value goes 100%. We have a 100% return on every dime that's given to the charitable organizations.
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