Washington Liberals Blog
Austerity Economics or Real Utopias? Which one is crazier?
We need transcendent, transformative politics in this country and the world, but the mainstream paradigm remains a struggle between established power bases – one, a social democrat model as epitomized in Scandinavian models and...
Six problems unique to 2012 New Hampshire Elections
New Hampshire: 1. Removed safeguards for its same-day registration system. 2. Ignores the law on ballot-stuffing safeguards 3. Breaks the chain of custody 4. Conceals vote-counting from the public, in violation of Article 32...
Living Greedy
http://livinggreedy.com/washington/top.html — The best deals on closing tax loopholes to fund essential state services, guaranteed.
Protest Social Security office closures at 1PM on Fri Jan 13 in International District
Please attend a community meeting to STOP Social Security Field Office closures. When: Friday, January 13 1:30-3:p.m. Where: International District/Â Chinatown Community Center, 719 8th Avenue S. Seattle The Social Security Administration (SSA)...
Hey, Washingtonians! Do you like giving away your money?
Washington State has one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation. Due to the lack of an income tax, due to tax exemptions for large corporations, due to the reliance on the...
Justice delayed is justice denied, for one million children
Our Supreme Court refuses to enforce our State Constitution… and turns their backs on one million children David Spring M. Ed. Director, Fair School Funding Coalition springforschools@aol.com On Thursday January 5, 2012, the Washington...
Wag the Dog, Part III – that's all, folks…
The brightest moment in the Jan 3rd meeting with Senator Fraser, Representative Hunt and Representative Reykdal came when Chris Reykdal took the opportunity to talk about the impasse that exists with generating revenue for...
Link: $2 Billion in Progressive Annual Revenue for Washington
The Economics Opportunity Institute has produced this itemized list of how the state can generate $2 billion dollars in revenue.
Wag the Dog, Part II
Senator Fraser, Representative Hunt and Representative Reykdal all spoke on January 3rd about the “big achievement” of the recent Special Session that was able to cut 480 million dollars to reduce the budget deficit,...