If you don’t know the indigenous land where you reside on, you can look it up here: https://native-land.ca/

Norm Conrad, Mount Vernon, Upper Skagit tribes

Leona. - Umatilla, Palouse, Cayuse, Walla Walla

Samish -- Swinomish

I am also on Coast Salish & Duwamish land & honor their stewardship past, present & future as well as quest for federal recognition

Keitha Bryson - Tumwater, Nisqually

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When women's rights are under attack, what do we do??

The right to privacy is under attack - same sex marriage, interracial marriage, birth control...

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Shouldn't the ADA trump the State law?

May the fourth be with us all!

@linda lol you too!

Good question Yvonne Brandon.

still acting like they are up against people who fight fair & they are not!

Not to defend Bezos (or Amazon) however newspapers are accountable to regulations that social media skirts

Melvin Mackey — Vashon, WA — Sqababsh Land

I'll be a panelist on the New Corp event...I'll add a link.

Fastest ever!!!

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Inequality and transparency

Unearned income taxed at lower rate than earned income.

The tax burden needs to be redistributed

Washington State has no Income Tax

Don,you beat me to it.

They wealthy don't pay their fair share. They use the same streets and other infrastructure we use yet, we pay all the bills for this country.

an elimination of the middle class

The IRS does not have enough resources to go after tax cheats. They often pick on people who do not make enough.

Lots of loopholes.

Capital gains taxed at a lower rate than people who work at McDonalds

minimum personal tax for the super wealthy and minimum corporate tax

I want those who earn more than 120,000/year to keep paying their percentage into Social Security. Eliminate the limit.

1) The tax burden falls primarily on wage earners, and the ultra-wealthy avoid paying taxes.

corporate taxes

Obviously the zero tax on the uber rich....

I think chat icon disappears when you are made a host

depletion of the commons, plus excuse of not enough money to fund what the people need

The wealthy buy our politicians.

Both the federal and the state tax systems should be crafted to eliminat the accrual of absurd levels of wealth. Massively progressive income tax and an upper limit on personal wealth are needed.

Office holders bought by contributions to campaigns.

Business owners seem to have access to the loopholes more than people who do W-2s.

Social Security tax should be added back on over a high income threshold

misunderstanding about state income tax

2) Washington state taxation is a regressive model taxing lower income wage earners unfairly

Corporation write our laws.

Agreed @Melvin @Nancy I don't know enough about the federal system to effectively criticize however WA State's tax system is the most regressive in the nation, how does that make sense??

/-What is a fair tax rate for thieves?

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"We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few but we can't have both" Assoc Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis.

I have used that quote often, Linda Brewster.

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It's amazing that people vote for the GOP, given the GOP tax policies.

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Define psychopath!

thank you, rich. I was wondering myself.

We must have progressive taxation. It is unconscionable how we tax in the state of Washington.

Are William's slides available online?

if the cap gain tax succeeds, will we still be dead last among states?

According to US Legal: Psychopath is a person with a mental disorder characterized by an extremely antisocial personality that often leads to aggressive, perverted or criminal or amoral behavior without any empathy or remorse.

is that possible?

Looking at you Tim Eyeman

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When we pay from investments, are we paying tax twice on this money? Please discuss.

Who was the Presidential candidate obsessed with "flat tax"?

What does B & O mean?

Business and operations tax

Business and Occupation. But what is taxed is a question mark for me.

Yes, thanks Robert for that correction. Business & OCCUPATION, not operations.

We need low or zero taxes on low-income....lighten the load on middle incomes, then raise the rate on incomes over a higher income threshold. Tax the rich like during the Republican Eisenhower days!!!

This is interesting because Idaho's teacher's salary schedule is significantly lower than Washington's

None of this will matter if Republicans win the mid-terms.

Thank you for your work!

good point @Nancy

Question: can a fair flat tax be crafted by exempting the first, say, $100,000 of income?

Decline to sign I-1929!

besides decline to sign, what else can we do?

What motivates out of state individuals (or PACs) to get involved in our state's tax reform?

also, Robert, the money that you put into the investment is not taxed. only the gain.

This is a great idea....a way to target the rich more specifically

as much sense as it's supposed to make because obfuscation is built in

Tax on profits in investments is based on the increase in value ---called the cost basis I believe.

The Tax the Rich book explains how the rich are rich and CAPITAL GAINS, very clearly.

Property tax is a wealth tax. We pay property tax on the full value of the property every year. We pay taxes on the ame value year after year.

aka all about that bass, no treble

Sorry someone was pounding on my door.

The classical economists referred to capital gains and other investment income as "money made while you sleep." And they did not count is as part of GNP the way we do now.

initiative number again

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I-1929

is there any organized opposition to the initiative that we could contribute to?

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Another term for Capital gains is unearned income, typically for the idle rich.

good question @David

What Is Initiative 1929? - https://fusewashington.org/news/what-initiative-1929

They use it to buy politicians and judges

Grover Norquist!

It's completely embarrassing that we harbor the 2-3 richest men in the world

Obviously our tax structure is upside down when we allow this....

I think many Republicans believe they can achieve the "American dream" of getting rich, while not understanding how much the system is rigged against them

Glad Bezos ex-wife is giving so much money to educational institutions!

Why isn't Eyman in jail yet?

Yes Nancy, lol Eyemanized!!! 😂🤣

Or at least different requirements for initiatives using paid signature gatherers....

Nancy I agree Eyeman is horrible and why is he still around?

Maybe I missed something in the conversation....why hasn't our Democratic legislature changed the Eyman initiative laws

Why was the legislature unable to revoke the advisory votes this year?

advisory votes are annoying, but have no effect so what is the problem?

They are expensive to put on the ballot.

The advisory votes are propaganda at the start of he ballot.

And Advisory votes are all out of context.

plus they confuse folks and lead them to believe they do not know enough to actually vote.

the potential for harm is waaaaaaaayyyy beyond taxes

Why was the legislature unable to revoke the advisory votes this year?

I elect our legislators to understand the big picture that I don't have

"advisory votes" can be used/abused/weaponized against anyone or anything

Thanks for your work, Patty!!!

Glenn what you are saying is wonderful Thank you for clarifying so well. I am very frustrated with greedy Rich folks1

Personally, I want billionaires abolished. After anyone "earnes" $999,999,999, they should be taxed at 100%. They can live in luxury, or even be a generous philanthropist. No one needs a billion dollars.

So nice to meet Patty here. This report is absolutely amazing.!

Thank you, David & Ruth

See 60 minutes on Geel, Belgium and how they take care of their people.

When I moved to WA state, I found the advisory votes confusing, and I am an educated person!

Need to take the gloves off

CONGRESWOMAN IN MICHIGAN truly was awesome. I am tired that mud slinging goes against Dems but we allow horrible actions and say nothing.

Absolutely need the stories.

Thank you, Senator.

Thank You Senator Kuderer & previous speaker!

Thank you, Patty!!

Thank you Patty Kuderer

Excellent program, tonight....many thanks to all the presenters....

Thank you, Senator, and for continuing standing up for us!

Have to run, thank you everyone!!

I already have one. SPIN AGAIN!!!!

Wow, thanks!!!

Yay

I know a single Mom working 3 jobs but not enough for her landlord to raise her rent to kick her out with her 3 children??? why is that allowed to happen without improvement in property????

Sorry everyone, Mike Pillow Guy just filled a lawsuit saying this raffle rigged, no one is getting any books 😪

Thank you, Bud!

Woo Hoo!!

Great job, Bud!

Thank you Bud!!!

Thank you Bud!!

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Thank you to Patty !!!!

Thank you for the book & today's lecture!

Great program!