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How U.S. Congress Spends Federal Tax Revenue

Chart showing how the United States Congress spends the federal tax revenue. (31 January 2008)... Read More...

Overview Washington Business Taxes

The state of Washington does not have a corporate, unitary, or personal income tax. However, Washington businesses are subject to three major taxes either administered or overseen by the Department of Revenue... Read More...

Taxes by State

We pay Uncle Sam the same no matter where we live, but property, gasoline, tobacco, sales and state income taxes are all over the map... Read More...

The Progressives and Direct Democracy

The 1890's are often viewed today as a happy time period when Americans lived uncomplicated lives with few problems to worry about. But, time has a way of covering up the negative and the ugly. Rather than being a "happy time," the 1890's may have been one of the worst times for Americans... Read More...

Washington Taxation

Washington is one of seven states without income taxes, individual or corporate. The biggest source of state revenue is the general sales and use tax, set at 6.5% with local sales taxes adding on 0.5% to 2.4%. Read More...

The Indirect Effects of Ballot Initiatives

A number of academic studies have found that states with ballot initiatives and direct democracy have lower taxes and less spending than other states (Matsusaka, 1996)... academic literature has spent little time examining why this is the case. Some have argued anecdotally that ballot initiatives are used to enact large tax reductions at the state level... California's Proposition 13 continues to receive a great deal of attention... Read More...

Washington Initiative Process

In 1897 State Representative L. E. Reeder of Ollalla introduced a constitutional amendment for initiative and referendum that passed the lower house by a 63 to 12 vote, but it failed in the state senate. Influential in that partial victory was House Speaker Charles E. Cline of Olympia, who became secretary of... Read More...

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