“the total number of full-time faculty members … grew from 11,614 to 12,019 between 1975 and 2008, the total number of administrators grew from 3,800 to 12,183 — a 221 percent increase” While recently we have read a lot about the efforts of the state legislature to cap and redu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
March 2nd, 2015 - 6:14 pm § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: 2/3 TAX VOTE RULE IN SENATE ILLEGAL
Governor Jay Insley has proposed a $15 billion transportation package. The package, as usual, is vehemently opposed by Tim Eyman who argued that passage of the new taxes to support the package should require a 2/3 vote by a majority. Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen ruled against Eyman. He rule[...]
February 8th, 2015 - 11:14 pm § in The Ave Scene
WASTATE #1: The worst tax burden for the average citizen
1. Washington > ITEP index score: -12.6% > Effective tax rate lowest 20%: 16.8% (the highest) > Effective tax rate top 1%: 2.4% (5th lowest) > 2013 Gini coefficient (pre-tax): 0.46 (19th lowest) Washington’s score of -12.6% was the worst in the nation. The poorest 20% of families paid [...]
February 8th, 2015 - 1:08 pm § in Misc.
WASTATE: Republican Welfare
Republican Counties Are the State’s Real Welfare Queens Welfare State – Washington’s Republican counties depend on Western Washington’s money. How can they survive the state budget cuts they demand? -… thestranger.com[...]
December 10th, 2014 - 12:01 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
WASTATE: Pay as you go?
REUVEN CARLYLE: Want a tax break? Publicly share your “pay as you go” ideas. “Pay as you go” is a budgeting principal that has been tried in Congress and in many states and failed in almost as many places. It’s popular on the left and right during good times but understandably struggles[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 2:19 pm § in Politics
GOP Takes Revenge Against Obama By Screwing The Working Poor
“With negotiators nearing an accord on permanent tax breaks for businesses worth $440 billion over 10 years, President Obama … promised a veto. … Left off were … a permanently expanded earned-income credit and a child tax credit for the working poor. Friday night, Republic[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 2:31 pm § in Hypocrisy
Guess What, Taxpayers Will Pay For Steve Ballmer’s Basketball Team
Steve Ballmer wasn’t so crazy to pay $2 billion for a basketball team. It turns out taxpayers will pay at least half of the purchase cost. “Steve Ballmer stands to gain as much as $1bn in tax benefits as a result of his $2bn purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, helping to [...]
Ballot Recommendations: Two Sets of Similar Ideas
Geov Parrish: This year’s general election ballots have been mailed out, and they’re…long. And complicated. Not to worry – I’m here to help. Because buried among the judicial races and “advisory vote” nonsense are some genuinely important, meaningful choices. Unlike this Augus[...]
September 23rd, 2014 - 1:30 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
WASTATE IS NUMBER ONE! … in unfair taxes
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