@4, it's not just payroll for those 95 or any of these position eliminations, of course - there's a whole mess of reduced equipment and office space costs and yadda yadda they're counting on.
OR they could end the $5 million state tax break to the Trans Alta coal plant. A tax break they receive for using coal from a local mine. Which is now closed. Why do they still receive that 5 mil? What other industries quietly receive out-dated tax breaks?
Plus, since we still tax junk food, think of all the new sales tax revenue from the munchies!
Heck, we could also put the tax exemption for software sales (e.g. Microsoft) up for a Yes/No vote of the people ... which is why Ireland's going broke, btw.
Or maybe we could end some of the litany of tax exmeptions currently on the books in Washington. Or at least subject them to an ROI standard and/or establish a sunset clause that would makes businesses prove their economic value.
There's no logical reason not to tax jet fuel or give huge tax breaks to securities brokers.
@11 - It also accounts for retirement, insurance L&I, Unemployment.
BTW you all know if we lost more funding to transportation and had to live with more traffic, pot holes, higher fees on the ferry more poll roads less bus, transit then you would all bitch about that. SO PICK ONE BITCH and stick to it!
But that would save more.
Seriously, this is $30-odd million against $4600 million. How about legalizing pot and taxing the shit out of it?
Oh! You mean "Out of these 10 employees, fire 9 of them and give all their work to the one who's left"
Plus, since we still tax junk food, think of all the new sales tax revenue from the munchies!
Heck, we could also put the tax exemption for software sales (e.g. Microsoft) up for a Yes/No vote of the people ... which is why Ireland's going broke, btw.
There's no logical reason not to tax jet fuel or give huge tax breaks to securities brokers.
http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/tag/ax-…
BTW you all know if we lost more funding to transportation and had to live with more traffic, pot holes, higher fees on the ferry more poll roads less bus, transit then you would all bitch about that. SO PICK ONE BITCH and stick to it!