http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/18/fuck-the-budget Comments On: Fuck the Budget by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Mister G]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:35:39 -0800 The Stranger in every single county including King County, but Jay Inslee ran for governor with a promise not to raise taxes unless forced to by the Legislature.

Look, Goldy, tell your brain dead "progressive" friends that, if they want higher taxes in WA State, they should find statewide candidates who will do what Obama did and say so. Otherwise, you can bleat and moan and whine and kick and scream and stamp your "progressive" little feet forever, but you're not going to get your way.

If you don't like it, move to California. Great place, with the highest taxes in the West by far. I'm sure they'll be just as happy that you came as we'll be that you left.
Posted by Mister G]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:31:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:32:44 -0800 The Stranger Ran a crap presidential campaign but his state could have had a lot worse as governor...oh yeah, they did.
Posted by david]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:24:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sloegin]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:16:59 -0800 The Stranger Everything about Inslee has been tepid.

Reaching the end of this post, I said to myself, "Fuck the budget." (Oh, how'd I get that phrase in my head?) Considering the limitations Goldy aptly describes, my concern isn't so much Inslee's tepid response to the Gregoire budget, it's Mr. Apollo's Fire's tepid non-response to the coal trains plan.

OK, sure, go ahead and tell me the governor is legally powerless to stop the coal trains. But people are saying all kinds of things about how we're powerless to stop Seattle from becoming a coal-shipping outpost for China. If nothing else, I'd just like to get some indication that the governor stands for something--you know like something he allegedly believes in.
Posted by cressona]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:11:13 -0800 The Stranger
ofm dot wa dot gov slash trends slash revenue slash fig507.asp

Per capita inflation adjusted spending is SIXTY PERCENT HIGHER than it was in 1990. Remember what an absolute hellhole life was then? Oh, me neither. bloo bloo blooooooooo
Posted by Reader01]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:22:39 -0800 The Stranger
Anyway, I've thought Obama caved quite frequently and appears to be offering up social security changes as one tidbit to the 1% along with tax exemptions for richie rich while eliminating the lame but important bread crumb of the payroll tax holiday. They never should have done the payroll tax holiday because people really wouldn't notice the bit of extra cash, but they will notice the bit of extra cash disappearing especially since most people probably have seen every bill go up, but not their pay check.

At the state level, I have no idea what Inslee will actually do or be able to do. I don't know that he has the gumption. And I figure as with previous years, cuts to higher education will continue.

The only reason I didn't vote for McKenna is because I figured he'd reject national dollars that would make the financial picture in WA even more difficult. That said, I was never impressed with my Inslee choice. I felt like I voted for Dukakis.
Posted by lauramae]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:20:00 -0800 The Stranger Posted by JonnoN]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:30:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by What Else Matters? Let Them Eat Wedding Cake.....]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:30:38 -0800 The Stranger
All your red county subsidies is belong to red line.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:04:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by lauramae]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:53:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mogadishu on the Sound]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:43:45 -0800 The Stranger
Oh wait, you need at least $400k to get a decent house there.

@4 I agree. A little more gratitude would be nice.
Posted by Mercer Island Goy]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:40:03 -0800 The Stranger Goldy and SLOG have yet to embrace fair and equitable increases in property taxes and to fight for HB-2100, the application of a financial asset tax on estates over $1 million.

But then, Democrats are the party of the entrenched status quo, and only want to tax the productive middle class.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:30:41 -0800 The Stranger
Oh wait, you need at least $400k to get a decent house there.
Posted by Limousine Liberal]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:24:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Let Them Eat Catfood]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:11:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fat-tailed]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:03:49 -0800 The Stranger "So either way, prepare yourself for a cruel and unconscionable budget."

What about preparing ourselves to prevent the election of anti-progressive taxation politicians? What are progressive Democrats doing to prevent a repeat of current events and to build a coalition against austerity?
Posted by anon1256]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:59:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:56:41 -0800 The Stranger
As it is, Fuck You.

And Ream Yourself with this CRUEL Budget.

Asswipe.
Posted by Civilization in Decline]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:48:32 -0800 The Stranger
Time to move to mercer Island Goldy.
Posted by Mercer Island Goy]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:45:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by What cuts? I haven't noticed much change. ...]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:43:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by BobT.]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:41:20 -0800 The Stranger