Washington Liberals Blog
On The Question Of Virginity, Or, “Starter? I Can’t Make Her Stop!â€
I got a weird little story about my friend Blitz Krieger to bring to you today. He’s had a crazy car problem, he has, and over the past few months he thought he had...
State must stop coddling corporations
Occupy Wall Street has turned the national conversation to corporate privilege vs. the 99 percent. The mainstream media has “discovered” the yawning chasm in income, privilege and well-being between Main Street and Wall Street....
Victory for Free Speech at the Capitol
A strong victory was awarded today to dozens of Capitol protesters who received warnings banning them from the legislative campus after demonstrating their opposition to $2 billion in proposed state budget cuts. U.S. District...
Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years, Media Blow the Story
Stephen Lacey and Richard Caperton report in Exclusive Timeline: Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years, Media Blow the Story: It’s often claimed that the Solyndra loan guarantee was “rushed through†by...
Washington Investment Trust: an update
From Bob Hasegawa: Washington Investment Trust: an update Two years ago I introduced a bill that would establish a publicly owned bank for the State of Washington – known as the Washington Investment Trust...
Quick link: “Rich people don’t create jobs†— Seattle rich guy
“Rich people don’t create jobs†— Seattle rich guy Jobs and prosperity are hurt — not helped — by a tax system that bestows its bounty on the super-rich and saps the middle class...
Obamacare the path to single-payer? Or to insurance companies as utilities?
There’s a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) “called the medical loss ratio, that requires health insurance companies to spend 80% of the consumers’ premium dollars they collect—85% for large...