Guest Washington Author: Rip Wheeler (@wheelerRipWA) on the stupidity of state government. Cart before horse?

It seems that the State of Washington, which everyone knows is just rolling in taxpayer money, decided to build the new facility but neglect to staff it! Olympia just can't wait to spend every penny coming in at least three times, even before it is received! Emphasis mine. WELCOME TO WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNMENT Where the …

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Dispatch from the Battlefield. The hits keep coming, on the battered population of Washington State.

It often seems that the citizens of Washington State can't seem to catch a break. The fight against the looming Income Tax continues, and the ordinary people can seem like they are sleeping through the whole thing. Let's Go Washington, the citizen group fighting the income tax, and struggling to pass all three of their …

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*News from the Washington State Legislature

It's almost the end of the session, and here's what our Majority DemocRats are planning to unleash on the Public, who have continually expressed their opposition to every single one of these bills. What a lopsided session so far in Washington state… Majority Democrats are full speed ahead on passing the most unpopular bill in …

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Socialized Medicine and its inevitable result. In Canada, woman offered “Medical Assistance in Dying” in lieu of the surgery she needs.

One of the major characteristics of a socialized medicine system, where ALL of medical care is paid for by Government (in the US, Obama called it "Single Payer"), there is never enough care or money to go around. If something is "free" (no charge) people will always use more of it, sometimes unnecessarily. In Canada, …

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On Cystic Fibrosis…and Medical Miracles

I first became aware of Cystic Fibrosis as a pharmacy technician at a children's hospital, in the 1980s. One of my tech duties was to deliver medication cassettes (each patient had a drawer with their meds for half the day) to each of the units in the hospital. I would hear the CF patients cough, …

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…Only Tradeoffs…Healthcare workers spread death..Updated to add link to article

Yes, that's exactly what has happened here in the "Hot Zone" of the Seattle area.  The epicenter of the novel coronavirus epidemic in the US is a long-term-care facility in Kirkland, Washington, with the ironic-seeming name of Life Care Center of Kirkland.  It is thought that a patient had a family visitor early this year …

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