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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...
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...
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...
http://www.the-99-declaration.org/ “BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in order to form a more perfect Union, by, for and of the People, shall elect and convene...
State Rep. Ross Hunter is reporting, in Landmark Supreme Court Case, that the State Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that “the Legislature cannot cut basic education funding regardless of the budget difficulties we face.”...
Dems Introduce Capital Gains Tax Bill in Olympia “Representative Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) introduced HB 2563 today, which would impose a 5 percent excise tax on capital gains over $10,000 a year ($5,000 for an...
Last week Bob Hasegawa introduced House Bill 2434 to create Washington Investment Trust!  44 Washington State House members co-sponsored H.B. 2434.  Action: Please thank the co-sponsors and urge your state representatives to support WIT.  Find your...
I’m making an animation video about this. Any ideas for questions the young lady should ask our bachelors (Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, and Monsanto)? And how should the bachelors respond? If I use your...
