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    WA State Tax Reform Needed

    I-1098 is a sensible reform getting rid of the poorly thought out B&O tax for small businesses, providing a reduction in property taxes and adding an income tax on the top 3% of income earners in the state.  My only concern is that once an income tax is passed, the income threshold will eventually be lowered thereby adding to the middle class tax burden. [...]



    Easily Understandable Explanation of Derivative Markets

    Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby [...]



    Costco is King

    Having been a retailer myself for 11 years, I have an abiding sense of awe at how well-managed Costco is.  It never ceases to amaze me that this outfit is able to offer just the right mix of merchandise at the right price.  They stock 4000 items versus Walmart’s 125,000 and yet I never shop the latter. And I can also get cheap gas [...]



    Nadar And Kucinich On Health Care - Democracy Now

    “What we’re seeing here is a legislation that doesn’t even kick in until 2014, except for one or two items on staying with your parents’ insurance policy until you’re twenty-six. That means that there will be 180,000 Americans who will die between now and 2014 before any coverage expands, and hundreds of thousands of injuries and illnesses untreated. This bill does not provide [...]



    Join the call for a Constitutional amendment to protect our democracy

    This is very unlikely because we either have to Change Congress first or expect the individual states which are also corporate controlled to call for a constitutional convention, but one can still hope.

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    Merry Christmas from Vancouver USA

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    For those readers in the Vancouver, Washington area, I am sure you will personally recognize the singer in the video below.  That is if you shop at the local Costco.  If you do not, you should.  Costco pays well compared to its competition and really is a great company.  Full disclosure:  I am a member but I [...]



    Go Ahead And Scream At Me

    This graphic to the right doesn’t make one proud to be a Washingtonian.  And a big part of the reason is Washington, like Florida, has no state income tax.  So the sales taxes, the property taxes and all the other “taxes” just keep climbing on the poor while the rich get richer.

    Oregon needs a sales tax and they need to use some [...]

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