Washington Liberals Blog
Action Alert: ask your rep to support the Back to Work Budget
The House of Representatives is going to vote on Paul Ryan’s latest budget Thursday.  If we want to stop this wrongheaded proposal, now is the time to act. Call your Representative! Ask him/her to...
Washington State Ranked Most Regressive in Country
“A new report on state tax systems found that Washington state had the most regressive tax system in the country. The Washington D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released the report yesterday....
Has the mindset that got us into war changed at all?
“I don’t want to just end the war, I want to end the mindset that got us into war in the first place.†-Barack Obama, January 2008 The ten year anniversary of the invasion...
Call state senators to pass community solar!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Community Solar w/10 Yr. Rolling Incentive Passed House! Call Now to Help It Survive Committee & Get Through the Senate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE Call Senate Energy Committee Chair & Members TODAY & TONIGHT. Ask...
The dark history of Kirby Wilbur, state GOP chair
Let’s remember some of our local PIGS who started the Iraq War. My fascist is worse than yours! Kirby Wilbur, a rightwing talk radio host on KVI 570 AM Seattle boosted every war, and...
Why couldn't the legislature pass gun control?
Democrat Pedersen Offers Astounding Explanation for Epic Flopperoo of Gun-Control Bill – It’s the Republicans Seems to me the blame lies mostly with the Republicans and the NRA. But the fact that the Dems...
Bad math: Corporate lobbyists, conservative think tanks hawk snake-oil economics for WA
Economist Arthur Laffer is touted as a go-to source of wisdom by conservative think tanks and corporate lobby groups in Washington state like the Washington Policy Center, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, National Federation of Independent...
Chained CPI for Social Security means forcing seniors, veterans onto food stamps
If you follow this blog, you already know the Chained CPI – a proposed change to Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) – is really just backdoor attempt to cut Social Security benefits. A...
48th LD Town Hall: Ross Hunter, Rodney Tom, and Cyrus Habib discuss education, budgets, and tax loopholes
Saturday morning I attended the Town Hall meeting of the 48th LD, at Redmond City Hall. Representatives Ross Hunter and Cyrus Habib, and Senator Rodney Tom gave short presentations. For most of the meeting...