Who will lawmakers in Olympia hear? The lobbyists? Or you?

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Most legislators aren’t bad people. But, being human, they react to pressure. Because the special interest lobbyists that serve the wealthiest 1% of the population are well-organized and well-paid, our legislators would get an earful if they tried to right some of the wrongs in our state. Whose voices will the legislators hear? The lobbyists?…

The 99% Declaration

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http://www.the-99-declaration.org/ “BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in order to form a more perfect Union, by, for and of the People, shall elect and convene a NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY the week of July 4, 2012 in the City Of Philadelphia to prepare and ratify a PETITION…

State Supreme Court rules that legislature cannot cut basic education funding, regardless of budget difficulties

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State Rep. Ross Hunter is reporting, in Landmark Supreme Court Case, that the State Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that “the Legislature cannot cut basic education funding regardless of the budget difficulties we face.” The legislature has failed to live up to the lofty language of Article IX of the constitution, and now it should…

Link: Dems Introduce Capital Gains Tax Bill in Olympia

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Dems Introduce Capital Gains Tax Bill in Olympia “Representative Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) introduced HB 2563 today, which would impose a 5 percent excise tax on capital gains over $10,000 a year ($5,000 for an individual), a bill that borrows generously from proposals made by the Washington State Budget and Policy Center. The proposed bill would…