http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/10/12/vote-yes-on-prop-1-stop-the-bleeding Comments On: Vote Yes on Prop 1: Stop the Bleeding by Dow Constantine 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) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss always been a few pennies more. But it has added up over the years hasn't it? Washington has the most regressive taxes in the country and the poor pay highest rate in the country.

What happens after we swallow this one? What happens next budget cycle? Are you going to come back asking for another few more pennies and saying we have to pay it for the same reasons? Next time around can we finally say enough is enough?

And isn't this what everyone said last time? I kind of think now is when we're supposed to say enough is enough.

What is the plan to fix the regressive tax structure and end the perennial crisis in the county budget? If there was plan, I'd fall for these pleas. But I don't think there is a plan other than repeating the same song next time.
Posted by elenchos]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:47:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Weekilter]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:15:06 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:27:02 -0700 The Stranger
I'm sorely tempted to say "let the suburbanites go through a cycle or two without law enforcement and see how they like the lifestyle their resistance to paying for services has brought them. Maybe some of them will re-think their anti-government dogma when their housing developments are in flames."


Posted by Proteus]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:51:45 -0700 The Stranger
It's only a short drive.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:55:49 -0700 The Stranger
Anyway, those things are unacceptable. You know what else is? Assuming that throwing money at it will fix the problem.

Want to help with the tragedy of people with mental illnesses being dumped onto the streets after their 10th short stay in jail? Become a lawyer.

Apply that logic instead of bleeding the people who are trying to help the economy by being a responsible adult with money and having a steady job and paying steady taxes and blowing way too much disposable income at places consciously chosen because they are local businesses.

I would be happily voting no on this if I didn't have to kill myself in a second.
Posted by Out For Delivery]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:30:31 -0700 The Stranger
And fully fund the courts. Then we'll vote for it, but not until then.

You decided to play hardball and push the anti-tax thing - this is what happens when you do, Seattle-subsidized suburban Republicants.

ENJOY.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:17:59 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:17:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by wl]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:11:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by wl]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:08:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by wl]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:07:47 -0700 The Stranger It is regressive, but 2 pennies on every $10 isn't going to send anyone over the line into poverty. On the other hand, our friends and neighbors already living in poverty are those most likely to need the services that will be cut if Prop 1 fails.
Posted by nater]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:06:42 -0700 The Stranger
at a certain point, the king co. council and the state legislature must stop kicking the can down the road. reforming/ending the initiative process and stopping eyman's mischief would be a good 1st step.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:05:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:58:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by iviola]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:54:38 -0700 The Stranger
tell the sheriff to stop wasting money on overtime instead of hiring perm staff and stop wasting tax dollars on drug busts in federal park lands. it's cutback city, baby. and you subsidized suburbanites have had your allowance from Seattle SLASHED.

deal with it.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:49:55 -0700 The Stranger communityforums.org, it's a King County program where you can tell the King County council how you want to address the budget problem in detail.
Posted by nickster]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:43:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by TechBear]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:42:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by giffy]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:42:33 -0700 The Stranger
I'd be a yes if this was for transit or human services, but criminal justice most of which benefits places other than Seattle. Nope.
Posted by giffy]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:38:17 -0700 The Stranger Posted by myr]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:38:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by leek]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:37:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by TechBear]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:35:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:26 -0700 The Stranger