http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/rodney-tom-should-mind-his-own-fucking-business Comments On: Rodney Tom Should Mind His Own Fucking Business 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) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss chill out dude. plenty of waste all over. ever go to city hall? the lobby is a waste, it is empty, the bbasement is waste, it is not used. sounder north? a billion in capital waste. new basketball stadium for billionaire investors, waste. mariners stadium, waste. lots of waste all over. in schools, sure, we have had too many cuts, but overspending on some schools construction by 20% won't fix that so it is ENTIRELY LEGIT to bring up whether or not that is waste, and the knee jerk reaction you have, so typical, is what drives voters here crazy with distrust of government because too many liberals can't see any waste anywhere. personally, i would like sweden style government spending, the reason we can't get there is we don't make government work and having slight more space per pupil really does not improve performance in seattle schools. lack of space isn't the problem. it's not what is holding down graduatino rates. only about on sixth of our students go on to four year college, our education system is crappy, so i voted yes on the levy, but this doesn't mean the seattle schools in it could not have been designed to cost 20% less -- try to hold two thoughts in your mind at one time, okay? we need more good government, but we need less bad government. complex, i know, but just try.
Posted by enough knee jerking]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:24:31 -0800 The Stranger
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Posted by Catherwood]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:00:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Stranger'sWorstNightmare]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:19:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by kk in seattle]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:46:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:49:49 -0800 The Stranger
When really, he's just a puffed up little traitor.
Posted by westello]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:33:01 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Bean]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:26:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Hernandez]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:25:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:09:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ROAG]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:56:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ian]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:48:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by cracked]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:48:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Albatross]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:42:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sadly, many don't]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:30:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Hernandez]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:27:19 -0800 The Stranger
I don't begrudge Rodney Tom for not knowing that, but seeing as how he obviously doesn't know anything about that, he should keep his fucking mouth shut.
Posted by Hernandez]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:23:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by LMcGuff]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:11:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mercer Island Goy]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:56:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ballard Pimp]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:50:57 -0800 The Stranger
Nationally, gaps between tax rates as a percent of income exist across the board. On average: the bottom 20 percent of income earners pay 11.1 percent in taxes, the middle 20 percent pay 9.4 percent, and the top one percent pay 5.6 percent. If averages are taken here in Washington state, not only is there a wider gap between what income groups pay, but additionally, the numbers themselves are worse locally for low-income people and better locally for rich people. The bottom 20 percent pays 17 percent; the middle 20 percent pays 10 percent; the top one percent pays a mere 2.8 percent in taxes.
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Posted by che286]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:45:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by goldys whats wrong with america]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:41:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rotten666]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:27:14 -0800 The Stranger
And don't you think there is some connection via...it's the same taxpayers that pay all these different levies, taxes, and fees, so when there's overspending or waste by ANY government ANY where, it harms the efforts of progressives to try to get support for more spending on good programs. Why in the world should seattle construction costs be 25% higher than elsewhere, it makes no sense, and so it is WASTE dude.

Democrats need to stop the knee jerk defense of waste in government and the attacks on those attacking it. You'd find that if we were more tuned to performance and efficiency then we could get more support for oh I dunno AN INCOME TAX maybe.
Posted by so vulgar]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:22:43 -0800 The Stranger