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02 November 2010
Watching Washington Voters Fuck Themselves From Afar
Hi, Washington! I registered to vote in Oregon when I moved down here for school. Let's take a look what you guys have done while I've been gone:
Initiative 1098, which would tax rich people a little bit on income while lowering property taxes for everyone looks like it's going to fail. It would solve a decent chunk of the state's budget problem, and lower taxes for the vast majority of people voting for it, but apparently it's unacceptable for a few rich people to pay their fair share (because the way things are now, they don't).
Want to make sure the state never collects another tax dollar again? Reinstating the absurd Tim Eyman two-thirds vote requirement for tax increases will make sure that gets accomplished.* And go ahead, repeal a tax on soda, candy, and all the high-fructose-poison-shit making your kids fat. It's a "tax on food," after all.
I mostly dislike the initiative process, because in just about every instance it's money rather than the people that ends up making the decision. Not to mention that these pieces of shit haven't helped things.
But come on, Washington. Are you really this fucking stupid? If you are, you deserve to have your state collapse around you. I'll be watching from down here.**
* Because it's totally democratic for the Teabagging 34 percent of the legislature that can block tax increases to hold the whole state budget hostage.
** Not to say Oregon's festival-o-initiatives is much better.
Initiative 1098, which would tax rich people a little bit on income while lowering property taxes for everyone looks like it's going to fail. It would solve a decent chunk of the state's budget problem, and lower taxes for the vast majority of people voting for it, but apparently it's unacceptable for a few rich people to pay their fair share (because the way things are now, they don't).
Want to make sure the state never collects another tax dollar again? Reinstating the absurd Tim Eyman two-thirds vote requirement for tax increases will make sure that gets accomplished.* And go ahead, repeal a tax on soda, candy, and all the high-fructose-poison-shit making your kids fat. It's a "tax on food," after all.
I mostly dislike the initiative process, because in just about every instance it's money rather than the people that ends up making the decision. Not to mention that these pieces of shit haven't helped things.
But come on, Washington. Are you really this fucking stupid? If you are, you deserve to have your state collapse around you. I'll be watching from down here.**
* Because it's totally democratic for the Teabagging 34 percent of the legislature that can block tax increases to hold the whole state budget hostage.
** Not to say Oregon's festival-o-initiatives is much better.
01 November 2010
Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Things have been crazy recently in the lives of Team McCulleken, (Gadeculloch?) We've both let content on this blog fall off a cliff, especially Garrett who was the main author. Here's an explanation of why:
Law school, moving, a wedding, and more moving. Mostly it's the law school. Each of those items could take up several posts on their own to get out all the details, but I don't have time right now. Maybe someday.
The Reader's Digest version:
Garrett started law school in August. His school is in Oregon, a whole 4 hours away from our lovely home in Seattle. I, however, remain in the North. So while his spare time has evaporated in a sea of memo writing and law-book-reading, mine has been eaten up by moving out of our too-expensive apartment in the city, being in a dear and wonderful friend's wedding, and traveling down to OR as often as I can to get some face time with G-Money.
Maybe now that the big wedding is over and I am all done moving I will have some more time to write here. I am not very optimistic though because all of my past attempts to blog have been utter failures. I suppose I just don't have the attention span.
Garrett will probably start writing again in 3 years after he's passed the bar exam ... or in a month when he gets a break for the holidays. ONLY TIME WILL TELL!!!
Shoot, I wish we were more exciting.
Law school, moving, a wedding, and more moving. Mostly it's the law school. Each of those items could take up several posts on their own to get out all the details, but I don't have time right now. Maybe someday.
The Reader's Digest version:
Garrett started law school in August. His school is in Oregon, a whole 4 hours away from our lovely home in Seattle. I, however, remain in the North. So while his spare time has evaporated in a sea of memo writing and law-book-reading, mine has been eaten up by moving out of our too-expensive apartment in the city, being in a dear and wonderful friend's wedding, and traveling down to OR as often as I can to get some face time with G-Money.
Maybe now that the big wedding is over and I am all done moving I will have some more time to write here. I am not very optimistic though because all of my past attempts to blog have been utter failures. I suppose I just don't have the attention span.
Garrett will probably start writing again in 3 years after he's passed the bar exam ... or in a month when he gets a break for the holidays. ONLY TIME WILL TELL!!!
Shoot, I wish we were more exciting.
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