Washington Liberals

Author: Joe Nilsson

  • Republicans work hard to main our regressive tax system that benefits the rich

    The perennial brinkmanship that the Republican State Senate engages in on the State Budget can best be seen as a concerted effort to maintain the most regressive state system in the United States. Please see the chart from Money Magazine, hardly a progressive publication. Essentially, every two years, the Republicans fight to maintain a system…

  • There's no equivalency between Trump and Hillary

    (Originally published in August, 2016 as “Hot August Political Thoughts”) There is absolutely no moral, social, or political equivalency between voting for Donald Trump or voting for Hillary Clinton. Nada. Zilch. None. I am not a fan of Hillary Clinton. Far from it. She is a product of and the embodiment of the Oligarchy. Let…

  • Hot August Political Thoughts

    Currently, we arguably live in an Oligarchy – A form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious or military control. Examples: The Russian Federation, the United States of America. -Wikipedia This is Our Revolution. Yes,…