Washington State Minimum Wage Increases January 1, 2011
Washington State’s minimum wage continues to lead the nation. On January 1, 2011 it will increase 12 cents per hour to $8.67 per hour. As reported by Rachael La Corte in today’s Seattle Times, an...
View ArticleRepublicans Propose to Cut Programs for Pregnant Women, Children, the...
Republicans in the US House have come up with their budget cutting ideas and guess who and what loses out? Not the rich or wealthy or corporations but pregnant women and children, childhood...
View ArticleTea Party Hypocrites; says abc News report
Tea Party members in Congress are ranting against government expenditures while collecting money from the government. Judge them by their actions, not their talk. As abc NEWS notes in an article...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Congressman Inslee Thinks about the Republican Plan to Privatize Medicare
Congressman Jay Inslee thinks the Republican plan to privatize Medicare is a bad idea. The Republican proposal by Republican Congressman Ryan would basically shift the burden of paying for Medicare...
View ArticleEric Cantor and Republican Revisionist History
Republicans are great at continually revising history to fit their myth making. A prime example is their constantly using Ronald Reagan as the Great Tax Cutter. What is left out is that Reagan also...
View ArticleRepublicans’ True Colors Emerge to Expose Their Relentless Agenda Against Women.
Sometimes the unexpected happens in campaigns to change everything and it happened this week in Missouri. Republican Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, running against Democratic Senator Claire...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Enter Washington State Governor’s Race
The infamous Koch Brothers have entered the 2012 Washington State Governor’s race. Surprise – they are supporting Republican Rob McKenna. McKenna is running against former Democratic Congressman Jay...
View ArticleMost Americans Don’t Share in Growing Economy
The main reason voters gave for their voting as they did in the Nov 2014 election was the economy as it affected them. Despite job growth going up and unemployment going down and the stock market going...
View Article2015 Washington State Minimum Wage to Increase to $9.47/hr.
Washington State’s minimum wage will increase 15 cents on January 1, 2015 to $9.47 per hour. Every year Washington State’s minimum wage increases based on inflation increasing the Federal Consumer...
View ArticleWashington State Senate Republicans Again Want to Ignore State Constitution
“”The Republicans in the Washington State Senate when the Legislature convenes on Monday will try to bypass the Washington State Constitution calling for majority votes to pass legislation. Two...
View Article
