quinaultbob

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Why has free trade, key to this state's economy, gone all wobbly?

Posted Thu, Jan 22, 11:09 a.m.

tax havens of fortune 100 US Corporations .... old school corp welfare the GOP ignored... not a tax increase just top 100 corp pay there fair share of taxes... estimate $100 Billion GAO Report Dec 08 INTERNATIONAL TAXATION Large U.S. Corporations and Federal Contractors with Subsidiaries in Jurisdictions Listed as ...

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Why has free trade, key to this state's economy, gone all wobbly?

Posted Thu, Jan 22, 11:02 a.m.

Chris, The GAO came out with a report of the Fortune 100 and top 100 Government Contractors Boeing #2... have off shore banking to hide taxes... INTERNATIONAL TAXATION Large U.S. Corporations and Federal Contractors with Subsidiaries in Jurisdictions Listed as Tax Havens or Financial Privacy Jurisdictions A WA Dept of ...

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At the top floors, the high and mighty are in denial

Posted Tue, Jul 15, 9:55 p.m.

Metro Sweatboxes for the masses, high transportation costs...: Metro bus drivers tell me Metro removed the air conditioning installed in Metro buses before they were put into service... Ride an air conditioned ST bus or sweaty person on a metro heat sink bus ... might be why voters voted down ...

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The case for more rail transit

Posted Tue, Jul 15, 9:29 p.m.

WA Subsidies: Puget Sound Regional Gov - Estimates $400 Billion in costs of Water,power,sewer,transit, roads, education etc Government Subsidies in WA - $56 Billion in tax subsidies to WA business ! Population growth - 1 million new immigrants to WA the past 20 years 1.7 million new immigrants by 2040 ...

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Transit train wreck: Revealing bus-route ridership

Posted Tue, Jun 24, 5:53 p.m.

election Sound Transit Board, BRT and Metro on time Schedule: 1. governance Sound Transit Board - Maggie Fimia Past King Co. council member raised the issue of governance of ST... When I appeared at a public hearing of ST she explained they only way to remove ST board members is ...

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Too cozy with developers? The problems with Seattle's planning department

Posted Wed, Jun 18, 1:14 p.m.

Building Industry Association of WA: BIAW - has taken over control of WA legislature on Liability Insurance,Impact fees, Arbritration v Lawsuits, lukewarm Warranty standards and 500% increase in land values. Alley Vacation - Alley ways are given to developers at discounted prices thru the DCLU Soil Mitagation - Ex Gov ...

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Gregoire's gambling compact should shock us all

Posted Tue, Jun 17, 2 a.m.

Native Perspective: Yup those greedy Indians sold 98% of there homeland for 50 cents per acre in 1855-56 to Governor Stevens ... wrote the contracts in a foreign laungauge, and used interperters of the Chinook Jargon... a trade laungauge of 1,000 words... Yes would you sell your home written in ...

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Mayor Nickels expands his horizons

Posted Tue, Jun 17, 1:01 a.m.

Tax allocation IN WA: 1/ Tax percapita - The federal government gives more money per capita in WA than 40 other states. 2/ Puget Sound Economy - King co., pierce Co.; snohomish co. account for $500 Million in economic activity acording to www.WA.Gov 3. Infrastructure cost in Puget sound economy ...

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Chopp, Chopp! The method in the speaker's maddening ways

Posted Sat, Apr 12, 12:46 a.m.

Reform Dem Party: Frank Chop has been 1. BIEW - Frank has been carrying water for the Building Industry Assoc. of WA for years... 2. BIEW condo Construction defects - Contractors built defective condos in DT Seattle and dumped the defects upon the insurance industry. 3. Condo Coversions - Franks ...

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