Link: Freshman Democrats Introduce 1 Percent Income Tax Proposal
Freshman Democrats Introduce 1 Percent Income Tax Proposal http://publicola.com/2012/01/05/freshman-democrats-introduce-1-percent-income-tax-proposal/
Washington Liberals Blog
Tortured history of attempts at establishing an income tax in WA State
HistoryLink.org’s Washington State Taxation
Creating Public Banks, an interview with John Repp & Cindy Cole
The following pdf file explains How the Washington Investment Trust would Create Thousands of Jobs. Please contact your legislators (especially your state senators) and the governor and ask them to support the public bank...
Who increased the debt?
But I bet if you asked the public, most people would say that Democrats are more responsible for debt. The GOP is better at propaganda and slogans.
A few interesting news links and a movie review to boot!
Well, the snow is melting, the power is coming back on in the Puget Sound region and the sky was blue yesterday afternoon. The snow was really pretty for a day. then it was...
Quickie: gay marriage is just, but it is a wedge issue
I support efforts to legalize gay marriage in Washington State. However, it’s not at the top of my list of priorities. Legalizing gay marriage may drive a wedge into Democratic constituencies and harm efforts...
100% of South Carolina votes go through SCYTL
The genius of democracy is dispersed public control. As we saw in Iowa when alert public citizens captured evidence of the actual vote count, BEFORE it was reported by a centralized state committee, neither...
Who will lawmakers in Olympia hear? The lobbyists? Or you?
Most legislators aren’t bad people. But, being human, they react to pressure. Because the special interest lobbyists that serve the wealthiest 1% of the population are well-organized and well-paid, our legislators would get an...
Surprise: Al Franken defends SOPA
Al Franken defends the Protect-IP (SOPA) act, saying that it’s necessary to protect intellectual property. Â “If this bill really did some of the things people have heard it would do (like shutting down...
Righting the imbalance of our state's tax system
Years ago there was a comic strip named “Pogo.” One of the most insightful strips was a distilled discussion of human foibles, in which Pogo announced, “We have met the enemy and he is...