Good day yesterday in Cascadia as the Washington State leglislature moved gay marriage forward through Senate vote. The gov put her weight behind this legislation, apparently trying to establish some kind of legacy public policy. I am completely supportive of the gay marriage legislation, but I have to wonder why the dems will only push…
We’ve had a lot of talk about the privilege of the top 1 percent, and how they are grabbing more and more of our national income. Once, productivity increases were proportionally shared between corporations and workers. Now they’re mostly grabbed by companies and their top executives, while workers are left with decreased retirement savings, increased…
Why was North Dakota the only US State not affected by the banking crisis? (It’s not the oil.) Because it was the ONLY State with its own Public Bank! The State Bank bills are down to the wire in the WA Legislature. SB 6310 needs to move out of committee now or the…
The January 30th New Yorker has an article by Ryan Lizza on the “Obama Memos.” It tells that depressing story of how President Obama really believed that he could unite the country and rise above partisanship. Again and again he chose to move to the right, in a futile effort to appease conservatives and try…
On January 25 and January 26, 2012 there were hearings in Olympia on SB 6310 and on HB 2434, the bills to establish the Washington Investment Trust (WIT), a publicly owned state bank. This report includes a refutation of the testimony of the State Treasurer, Jim McIntire, who is funded by the big banks and…
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
(Source: Occupy Wall Street, on facebook) Someone pointed out that Dems are guilty of war-mongering and corruption too. Yes, many Dems are so centrist that they don’t count as liberal. But the Repugs are worse and true liberals are progressive. Not all Dems are true liberals.
From Conservatives Consider Impeachment If They Lose To Obama. Grover Norquist of Americans For Tax Reform told National Journal that if Obama is re-elected and refuses to re-authorize the Bush-era tax cuts for millionaires, “Obama can sit there and let all the tax [cuts] lapse, and then the Republicans will have enough votes in the…
In 2010 Washington State voters rejected I-1098, which would have established an income tax on the wealthiest 1 or 2% of citizens. And the voters approved I-1053, which makes it very hard for legislators to eliminate unfair tax exemptions that benefit the richest corporations. In this video a middle class guy explains his votes against…
If you’re in the districts of Steve Hobbs (the 44th) or Mary Margaret Haugen (the 10th), please contact your legislators and ask them support SB 6310, the bill to create a Washington Investment Trust (state bank). Steve Hobbs  D (44th LD) steve.hobbs@leg.wa.gov   (360) 786-7686, District Office: (425) 334-2092 Mary Margaret Haugen D (10th LD) marymargaret.haugen@leg.wa.gov   (360)…