Washington Liberals Blog
State Bank hearings for SB 6310 on Wed Jan 25 1:30PM, HB 2434 on Thursday 8AM in Olympia
SB 6310 – Wednesday, January 25 at 1:30 p.m. Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance Senate Hearing Room 2. J.A. Cherberg Building, Olympia, WA H.B. 2434, to establish Washington Investment Trust,...
Winning Alternatives to Sales Tax: Thurs 7pm Seattle
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting: Winning Alternatives to Sales Tax As the Washington state legislature battles out the budget crisis, Governor Gregoire tells the public that elected officials’ choices are either to make cuts...
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/
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...