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Sobering New Yorker piece: Poor, White and Republican 0

Sobering New Yorker piece: Poor, White and Republican

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/02/poor-white-and-republican.html This article is reminiscent of Thomas Frank’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”.  It describes how many poor whites in the South depend on government handouts but, at the same time, are attracted to...

King County Dems Legislative Action Day: Feb 20th 0

King County Dems Legislative Action Day: Feb 20th

We are more than halfway through the short 60-day election-year legislative session, which is scheduled to end March 8th. Whether or not the Legislature will close the $1.4 billion budget gap, and put us...

Link: WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks 0

Link: WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks

The Seattle P-I reports that the WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks “Approved by a 45-3 margin Saturday, the measure would put five-year sunsets on all new and extended tax breaks...