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Wall Street Journal opinion piece says: free market fundamentalism is losing
China’s Superior Economic Model The free-market fundamentalist economic model is being thrown onto the trash heap of history. “The conservative-preferred, free-market fundamentalist, shareholder-only model—so successful in the 20th century—is being thrown onto the trash...
Why the 1% wins in Washington State
Republicans, “moderate” Dems, and their corporate allies manufactured a budget crisis by handing out tax giveaways to the rich, by wasting trillions of dollars on unnecessary wars, by widespread corruption, and by recklessly deregulating...
Can the Occupy Movement work with progressive Dems, Labor, and MoveOn?
Can the further Left (Occupiers, anarchists, and Socialists) work, in some fashion, with the nearer Left (progressive Democrats, Labor, and groups like MoveOn.org)? Can the Occupy Movement work with allies without feeling co-opted? [Note:...
Gregoire calls for 1/2 cent increase in sales tax. What about eliminating tax exemptions?
Kudos to Gov Gregoire for having the guts to propose a 1/2 cent sales tax hike to help cover the expected $2 billion state revenue shortfall. The Seattle P-I reports the governor as saying,...
Occupy Olympia to make the 1% pay their fair share!
“We will occupy our state capitol in Olympia during the special legislative session, and we will tell our lawmakers that we have had enough. … It’s time for the richest 1 percent to pay...
Allegations that the US Justice Dept and Homeland Security coordinated attacks on Occupiers
Update: ‘Occupy’ crackdowns coordinated with federal law enforcement officials Keith Olbermann and filmmaker and activist Michael Moore discuss who’s coordinating the attacks on Occupy encampments: Michael Moore on ‘Occupy’ crackdowns
Division on the Left: can the Occupy Movement work with Labor, MoveOn, and Dems without being co-opted?
Will the Occupy movement be able to work with others? Will the Occupy movement be co-opted? The Stranger is reporting in Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro–Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters.: No sooner had...
Link: Duel of the Think Tanks: How to Bridge Washington's Budget Gap
Here’s a video of a debate between Remy Trupin, director of the Washington State Budget and Policy Center, a liberal think tank in Seattle, and Jason Mercier of the conservative think tank Washington Policy...