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Time to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes to Save Jobs
Posted on Author DavidSpring
Last week our Governor released her “Budget Roadmap” for cutting another $2 to $4 billion from the State Budget. http://www.ofm.wa.gov/reductions/alternatives/all_budget_alternatives.pdf But Hoover proved long ago that we can not cut our way to prosperity. Each billion in cuts equates to the loss of 10,000 public and private sector jobs. Firing public workers in the middle […]
Backbone Campaign should work on economic justice in addition to climate justice
Posted on Author admin
I commend and support the Backbone Campaign’s successful activism concerning Shell’s plan to drill in the arctic. They are expert at getting media coverage. But there are many battles to fight, and I wish Backbone would direct their activism towards economic justice. In particular, I want Backbone to expose the outrageously regressive tax system in […]
Democrats Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon hand control of State Senate to Republicans
Posted on Author admin
The Olympian is reporting Republican-led coalition takes control of state Senate: Senate Republicans joined by maverick Democratic Sens. Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon announced a new majority coalition today to run the Senate in January, calling their plan a bipartisan effort to share power in a cooperative way the public is demanding. Tom will serve […]