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 the other, a Thatcher/Reagan model of social darwinism wearing a mantle of trickle down, supply-side economics. There is no question that…
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 of its own Constitution 5. Removed candidate recount rights (2009) 6. Made it illegal for public citizens or members of the…
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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) , plans to close nighborhood offices in the International District and Belltown-replacing them with an office in the high-security Jackson Federal…
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 sales tax, and due to decades of tax cuts for the well-to-do, the wealthiest 1% of Washingtonians pay an average of…
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 State Supreme Court issued an opinion in the NEWS Education Funding Lawsuit, essentially upholding the Trial Court decision that the State…
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 the State. Reykdal had campaigned for election to the legislature on tax fairness and he appears to be willing to make…
The Economics Opportunity Institute has produced this itemized list of how the state can generate $2 billion dollars in revenue.
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, about 25% of the amount that it is assumed will need to be cut. There was some sense of dread about…
“Despite the inevitable conservative complaints that President Obama is engaged in some kind of massive overreach by recess appointing Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer financial protection watchdog, the truth is that Obama has used his recess appointment power very sparingly. …” See article.