Happy? New Year, Washington. Here are the new ways the Legislature made your life more difficult (and expensive).

As always on January 1, numerous new laws take effect in our state. Here is what the DemocRats in Olympia have done this time. This story is copied in its entirety from the web site of KOMO in Seattle. SEATTLE — With the arrival of 2025 comes a flurry of new laws taking effect. These are …

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The Seattle minimum wage rises to $18.69/hour in January. Cui bono?

Cui Bono is a Latin phrase that means "Who benefits"?  Seattle's far-leftist city council believes that, if they raise the minimum wage, then low-income, low-skill people will be able to earn enough at their jobs to live on.  The State of Washington, which is also run by the Seattle Leftists, believes the same thing, so …

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A quick note to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders (who seem to be ignorant of basic economics)

Warren and Sanders are picking a big fight with Amazon.com over its supposed low level of income tax payments to their government.  The two senators are fighting, along with the majority of their Leftist colleagues, to raise the tax rate on big companies, so they will "pay their fair share" into government coffers. However, basic economics …

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