tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8792821619691695787..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Full-Funding for Public Schools NOWMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42871166500458703422016-04-28T10:34:16.642-07:002016-04-28T10:34:16.642-07:00Brian #3 for the win.Brian #3 for the win.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-27859183022592969642016-04-28T10:21:05.392-07:002016-04-28T10:21:05.392-07:00
#347 and shared on Facebook. It only takes a sec...<br /><br />#347 and shared on Facebook. It only takes a second to do so please everyone follow the link and sign the petition. Oh and of course vote for education funding in the fall. 3inSPSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19440305282446036872016-04-28T10:04:21.626-07:002016-04-28T10:04:21.626-07:00Yes; I signed it, hard! Please also add comments o...Yes; I signed it, hard! Please also add comments on HOW legislature should fully fund our schools:<br /><br />1. cut something/everything else (social services, infrastructure, public safety, etc.), transfer all existing budget to public schools? (Republican plan to extent there is one; no net increase in taxes/state revenue)<br />2. Print money?<br />3. Have the Mexican government pay for our schools (Trump plan?)<br />4. Raise additional revenue by: <br />a. close tax loopholes<br />b. raise levy lids<br />c. capital gains tax<br />d. carbon tax<br />e. progressive income tax/sales tax swap with net increase in revenue of a few billion, plus net decrease in overall tax burden for majority of WA taxpayers. <br /><br />I think option 4.e. is most sustainable, fairest way to solve the problem. Voter education and political momentum to get there must be built up systematically and inexorably, until the political will exists to make it happen.<br /><br />Brian in BallardBrian Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32131444162264970852016-04-27T20:14:58.462-07:002016-04-27T20:14:58.462-07:00Thank you, Melissa! Please do sign and share the ...Thank you, Melissa! Please do sign and share the petition to demand that the WA legislature fully fund our schools!<br /><br />-Summer Stinson<br />Washington's Paramount Duty<br />Statewide Organizing Committee Chair<br />summer@paramountduty.org<br />paramountduty.org<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com