WA State House Ways and Means Chair Ross Hunter's data on state employee compensation

Data on State Employee Compensation Despite conservative claims to the contrary the number of state workers per 1000 residents is decreasing significantly, and state employee wages are not in general higher than private sector workers. “The end result is a 13.5% drop in general government state employees per thousand residents. Total employees, not adjusting for…

Bankers' 2010 bonuses could have paid for 3.5 million jobs

If last year’s bank executive bonuses from the six biggest financial firms we bailed out went to creating jobs with middle-class jobs with benefits, the unemployment rate would plummet to 6.75% – the same as before the financial crisis. According to the latest data on year-end bank bonuses, 3.5 million jobs with benefits could’ve been…

Tim Eyman Slashes, Gov. Gregoire and Speaker Chopp Don't Fight

Governor Gregoire and the legislature propose raising the regressive sales tax to overcome the budget shortfall that was caused by decades of tax cuts for the rich, reckless deregulation, and disastrous wars. Why don’t they instead eliminate some of the billions of dollars in tax breaks that benefit the 1%?  See Demand Tax Fairness in…