Respect the state constitution and fully fund education

ByJadzia

Did you know that our state constitution requires Washington to fully fund basic education? In fact, it calls it the state’s “paramount duty”. Washington has the strongest language of any state when it comes to education funding—no other state constitution protects public education to the extent ours does. So, WHY are the Governor and legislators…

Gregoire calls for 1/2 cent increase in sales tax. What about eliminating tax exemptions?

Byadmin

Kudos to Gov Gregoire for having the guts to propose a 1/2 cent sales tax hike to help cover the expected $2 billion state revenue shortfall.  The Seattle P-I reports the governor as saying, “I can’t stomach the cuts, I can’t. I can’t cut education more.” But the sales tax is highly regressive. Far better…

$1 Billion in Progressive Annual Revenue: Take Back the Giveaways

ByEconomic Opportunity Institute

The purpose of the above document is to outline a series of revenue proposals worth half of the $2 billion legislators will seek to save/raise/cut in the upcoming special session.  As you can see, the proposals include both tax increases on the well-to-do, and elimination of tax exemptions that, again, favor the well-to-do. EOI doesn’t…