What's wrong with Washington State voters? And how can we educate them?

Byadmin

Washington State voters approved Tim Eyman’s latest initiative I-1366 by 51.5% to 48.5% (http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/State-Measures-Initiative-Measure-No-1366-concerns-state-taxes-and-fees.html). How many of them realized that the initiative makes it very difficult to eliminate tax loopholes (“preferences”) for special interests? How many of them realized that the state is under court order to find billions of additional dollars to fund education?…

InspireSeattle: Nick Licata's Observations of ALEC

ByWillAtInspireSeattle

Hi everyone!  Below is an invitation to our next InspireSeattle Social, Sunday November 15th at 5:30PM at Dave and Pat Griffith’s home.  We have scored again and will have a great speaker, Nick Licata to discuss his Observations of ALEC. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE FROM OUR USUAL DAY AND TIME!  Remember – IT’S A POTLUCK!! Come join us!   www.inspireseattle.org InspireSeattle Invites YOU…

Will At-Home Therapeutic Miscarriage Make Abortion Clinics Obsolete?

ByValerie Tarico

by Valerie Tarico At the turn of the millennium, the FDA approved a pill that could replace most abortions with early at-home therapeutic miscarriage.  When will that potential be realized?  Fifteen years ago, in September of the year 2000, the FDA approved a French pill known at the time as RU-486 that offered women a…

Let's use I-732 (revenue-neutral carbon tax swap) to beat I-1366 (Eyman's 2/3 super-majority blackmail)

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There’s a simple way to beat Tim Eyman and his initiative I-1366. At the same time we’ll help the environment, and, optionally, raise revenue to fund schools.  And we can even do it in a revenue-neutral way, thereby making it palatable to Republicans. By way of background, recall that if I-1366 passes — and early…

Hell, yeah! Let's lower the sales tax 1% — and raise taxes on carbon, capital gains and/or income

Byadmin

There’s a simple way to beat Tim Eyman and his initiative I-1366.  At the same time we’ll lower taxes on most people, help the environment, and, optionally, raise revenue to fund schools. We can even do it in a revenue-neutral way, thereby making it palatable to some Republicans. In short,  Let’s use I-732 (revenue-neutral carbon…