Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 EST.Can’t Tax The Rich?  But We Can Tax The Poor?The recent Elway poll has disclosed a statistical majority seems ready to vote for a sales tax increase. Is there any more re…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 EST. Football, Whining and Non-CapitolStuff Stuff The editorial board of WSW allowed me one comment about the Seahawks. That was three games ago when they were playing poorly an…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Saturday, September 17, 2011 EST.And Don’t Give the Executive Branch Any More Authority! The news after the forecast meeting is interesting. A few Saturday observations are in order. How m…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Friday, September 16, 2011 EST.What’s in a Name? We all know that certain words or phrases rise and fall in popularity and usage, especially among politicians.  “Stimulus” is out.  “Job creation” i…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Thursday, September 15, 2011 EST. It Is Comforting To be A Little Off, If It’s True People should admit when they are off the mark, and other people should be honest about long term trends in revenue for t…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Thursday, September 15, 2011 EST.Forecast Forecast Why wait until the forecast is out to forecast? The way things are going my mom and I can get as close as these linear extrapolators (sic). Economists, ar…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Sunday, September 11, 2011 EST.9.11.2011  The Numbers   This journalism stuff is new to me. Some say blogging isn’t even journalism, so they know less than I do. But, what would we be and who would…

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Friday, September 09, 2011 EST.Zarelli’s Super Budget Committee Is The Best Idea In Town. No Heads Up To Murray Is A Wrong First Step For A Correct Idea.    Senator Murray and Senator Zarelli are …

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Tuesday, September 06, 2011 EST.A Short Lesson In Logic — Why the Supermajority Vote For Tax Increases? When does the Legislature need to increase or implement new revenue provisions? When it needs mo…