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WA State Wants to Imitate Blackstone with Negative Revenue

5:10 pm, June 23rd, 2009 on Humor, Politics, Washington State

Gregoire, Master of Budgetary Arts

Gregoire, Master of Budgetary Arts

With constantly declining revenues projections and increasing budget outlays, the Washington state Treasury is now preparing to function with negative revenues till 2011. Latest projections have estimated a further drop of $482 million and economists predict the state to actually have negative revenue beginning 2010.

Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire announced earlier today that she was “tired” of dealing with constantly dwindling income for the state.

“It is considered an ideal for government to imitate the private sector. If Blackstone, the pinnacle of private enterprise, can have negative revenue, why can’t we? I am absolutely tired of dealing with this bullshit of revenue generation.

“Being liberal Democrats, we can’t stop spending, nor can we stop increasing our budget. That would be completely unacceptable. Fuck the rest.

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WA – Gay Marriage Coming Soon to a Court Near You!

2:58 pm, June 8th, 2009 on Gay Marriage, Washington State

Washington State is one of those states, thankfully, that does not yet allow same sex marriage but provides the option of a “civil union” for same-sex couples wishing to fully legalize their relationship. The state Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that a ban on gay marriage is permitted under the constitution but the legislature can enact law to change that.

Last month, Gregoire signed the “everything-but-marriage” bill, claiming:

“[same-sex partners] will make for stronger families, and when we have stronger families, we have a stronger Washington state”

But, of course! Families with 2 fathers or 2 mothers make stronger families. Marriages that cannot pro-create make even stronger families, correct? I guess Gregoire thinks that what doesn’t kill traditional marriage only makes it stronger, as Kanye would put it.

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More taxes in WA – Obama giveth, state taketh

6:18 am, April 18th, 2009 on Taxes, Washington State

Washington already has one of the highest state sales tax rates in the US, at 6.5%, a little behind New Jersey and California. Total averages with local taxes are at 8.5% already, behind only TN and LA. King county in WA sits pretty at 9%. King County recently increased its sales tax by .5% to 9.5%.

And, that’s only for the next 6 months, at which point the Council will decide whether to increase it further. Read on »

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