Archive for ‘Taxation’

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Jun19

Hog fuel or health care? WA state Senate considering 14 more more tax loopholes

by Bill Dow on June 19th, 2013 at 11:21 am
Posted In: Taxation, Politics, Washington State Politics

he fourteen tax breaks proposed by the state Senate – despite a revenue shortfall and $1 billion funding deficit in K-12 education – beg the question: can we really afford this? Some loopholes have their place, but as the state legislature tries to put together a budget that preserves essential state services with limited resources, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun18

Estate Tax Fix in Place, More Revenue Needed

by Michael Mitchell on June 18th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Posted In: Justice, Economic Justice, Taxation, Politics, Washington State Politics

Late last night, legislators came to an eleventh hour agreement to choose Washington kids over multimillionaires. By fixing Washington state’s estate tax, lawmakers have prevented the loss of nearly $160 million in resources that go to educating children. Closing the estate tax loophole is a good place to start, but much more still has to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun16

Big Oil wins in state legislature, in an apparent quid pro quo for estate tax fix

by Don Smith on June 16th, 2013 at 8:46 am
Posted In: Environment, Politics, Washington State Politics, Jay Inslee, Politics, Taxation, Politics, Washington State Politics

Thursday night the state legislature passed a bill, SB 5296, that weakened the Model Toxic Control Act. I got email from Washington Conservation Voters asking me to thank legislators who opposed the bill. See Support our kids; end the Big Oil Tax Loophole. According to Washington Environmental Council, the weakening allows private companies to potentially […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun09

Microsoft’s tax evasion, corruption, and the banality of evil

by Don Smith on June 9th, 2013 at 12:06 am
Posted In: Economics, Corporations, Justice, Economic Justice, Education, Taxation

I spoke with a Microsoft executive today at a party. He asked me what I do when I’m not working. I mentioned my blogging and gave as an example my article about the (wished for) protest in Redmond against Microsoft: Massive protest over Microsoft tax evasion. I said that the protesters were angry both about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun07

Transportation Funding: It Gets Worse

by Brendan Williams on June 7th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Posted In: Education, Politics, Washington State Politics, Jay Inslee, Politics, Washington State Politics, Rodney Tom, Taxation, Politics, Washington State Politics, Tim Eyman, Politics, Washington State Politics

It seems odds to look back at the 2005 legislative session, my first as a House member, as a pinnacle of progressivism.  After all, it was eight years ago.  George W. Bush was President. Yet consider: In 2003, legislative Democrats were routed by their own governor, Gary Locke, and a one-session Senate budget chair named […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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