Roomin' House Blues

I get letters from several organizations that are working for causes that dovetail with what I believe.  I believe the budget cuts being proposed on a state and federal level will send us back into recession and harm the poorest and most vulnerable.  Here is a letter I received, asking for an action that if you are a Washington state resident you can  comply with. Tell your legislators to stand up for Washington families! Dear Friend,  Tax breaks for special interests got a free pass in the state budget released on Monday.   No such luck for the rest of us.   From our state’s youngest children to our parents and grandparents, every family will feel the painful effects of this budget.  Funding for elementary school classes? Deep cuts. Colleges and universities? Slashed. Care for seniors and the disabled? Chopped. Basic Health and Disability Lifeline? You guessed it - cut even more. 1 Despite more than $4 billion i...

I got a letter from Washington State Association for Justice asking me to email politicians to stop the scheme to reduce our workers compensation in this state.  You just beat them at the ballot, now the special interests are putting politicians in their pocket again.  Read more below. Washington's workers' compensation system is under attack — once again.  When Washington voters overwhelmingly rejected Initiative 1082 last November, they told legislators to protect the ability of injured workers to get the medical treatment and benefits they have earned through our workers' compensation system.   But last Saturday, special interests led by the state's largest corporate interests (like Wal-Mart, Weyerhaeuser, and BIAW) successfully pressured the State Senate to pass "compromise and release" (C & R) — a provision of Engrossed Senate Bill 5566 that will allow big corporations to coerce injured Washington workers into accepting bad ...