The year is young yet so I wont forsake my annual listing of ripoffs and rotters.
by Don C. BrunellPresident, Association of Washington BusinessGrowing up in the mid-1960s, my parents blamed everything on The Beatles. According…
by Sheldon Richman
by William Maurer
Remember how mad everybody got when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that government could seize private property not just for public use but private interests, e.g., kicking you out of your home so a developer can build a shopping mall? Reasoning behind the decision, it was explained, was to produce more jobs and tax revenues. But states could feel free, the court said, to place further restrictions on takings, which many, including Washington, have done.
Just how low will President George W. Bush go? No, Im not referring to his approval rating which currently hovers around the mid-20 percent range making him the least popular
by Scott Dilley
by Sheldon Richman
by Don C. Brunell, President
A special task force will spend the next 16 months trying to come up with a more stable and productive system for fully funding basic education and the state faces trial on charges it isnt doing the job now.
by Don C. Brunell
Make no mistake about it: the central economic problem facing the United States is out-of-control federal spending and the massive federal debt that continues to pile up. As welfare-state and warfare-state spending has continued to soar for the past seven years, U.S. officials have gone on a massive borrowing spree. Since 2000, the national debt has almost doubled from $5.67 trillion to $9 trillion.
ITEM Grocery shoppers would no longer be asked whether they want paper or plastic if Rep. Maralyn Chase, D-Shoreline, gets her bill passed by the 2008 Legislature. It mandates that grocery stores provide bags made from recyclable paper, compostable plastic, reusable materials such as canvas or reusable plastic that is at least 0.09 inches thick. Todays plastic bags are said to contribute to global warming when burned.
