Grover Norquist explains how trickle down works, in this 22 second video
(watch on YouTube)
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Protest Social Security office closures at 1PM on Fri Jan 13 in International District
Please attend a community meeting to STOP Social Security Field Office closures. When: Friday, January 13 1:30-3:p.m. Where: International District/Â Chinatown Community Center, 719 8th Avenue S. Seattle The Social Security Administration (SSA) , plans to close nighborhood offices in the International District and Belltown-replacing them with an office in the high-security Jackson Federal…
Hey, Washingtonians! Do you like giving away your money?
Washington State has one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation. Due to the lack of an income tax, due to tax exemptions for large corporations, due to the reliance on the sales tax, and due to decades of tax cuts for the well-to-do, the wealthiest 1% of Washingtonians pay an average of…
Link: $2 Billion in Progressive Annual Revenue for Washington
The Economics Opportunity Institute has produced this itemized list of how the state can generate $2 billion dollars in revenue.
Link: President Obama Has Made Far Fewer Recess Appointments Than Any Recent President
“Despite the inevitable conservative complaints that President Obama is engaged in some kind of massive overreach by recess appointing Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer financial protection watchdog, the truth is that Obama has used his recess appointment power very sparingly. …” See article.
Environmental Priorities Coalition Workshop: this Saturday UW
In 2012, the Environmental Priorities Coalition will be working with you to protect the things that are most important to Washington’s families – our kids’ health, rebuilding our economy, and maintaining our clean air and clean water. Every year, your voice helps to protect Washington’s environment. I hope to see many of you this Saturday…
How Trickle Down Works
It’s the only type of trickle down that I’m familiar with.
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More decline at the Seattle P-I
Nearly three years after the P-I ceased print publication and moved online, the quality of news coverage has declined.   Cheap content such as pet and girly photos abound. Now comes news that award-winning political cartoonist David Horsey is leaving the Seattle P-I to work for the LA Times. (source) Veteran columnist and curmudgeon Joel Connelly…