Washington News Council | Coverage of Ballot Measures | Group Activity http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/activity/feed Coverage of Ballot Measures - Group Activity Feed Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:47 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.5.2 en http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-53 <![CDATA[jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-53 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:36:22 +0000 jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures: On Aug. 14, the Wall Street Journal weighed in with its opinion on I-1098 in support of the "liberal" Seattle Times and went down the same crooked path of claiming I-1098 is "socking it to the richest 3%" and describes the new tax as "not just a toe-in-the water tax. They're diving into the deep [...]

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]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-50 <![CDATA[jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-50 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:23:16 +0000 jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures: Monday’s (Aug. 16) “Special to the Times” columnists pose as friends of Washington’s small businesses while blaming vague “special interests” who want to "preserve Olympia’s status quo” for our state's loss of jobs and other economic problems. Sixty-nine percent of the state government's revenue comes from taxes, almost exactly the national average, but without an [...]

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]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/activity/p/2000/ <![CDATA[jimbruner joined the group Coverage of Ballot Measures]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/activity/p/2000/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:44:34 +0000 jimbruner joined the group Coverage of Ballot Measures

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]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-47 <![CDATA[jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/#post-47 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:44:34 +0000 jimbruner posted on the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures: The Times also prints guest editorials that match its editorial board's bias without any critical assessment. For instance (see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012238971_guest30mercier.html), the directors of the Washington Policy Center claim to have used "economic modeling" to show that replacing the B&O tax with an income tax "modeled the worst, causing the most job loss and economic distortion." [...]

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]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/ <![CDATA[jacobcaggiano started the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures]]> http://wanewscouncil.org/groups/coverage-of-ballot-measures/forum/topic/seattle-times-flunks-math-on-i-1098/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:28:11 +0000 jacobcaggiano started the forum topic Seattle Times Flunks Math on I-1098? in the group Coverage of Ballot Measures: Below is a post from the Sightline Institute critiquing a Seattle Times editorialopposing the Income Tax Initiative 1098 They're arguing that the Times editorial is misleading by comparing the proposal of a 9% tax to Oregon's income tax of 11%, making it seem like we would pay just as much or more as they do, when you [...]

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