Comments on: If you like California’s budget crisis, you’ll love Washington’s Initiative 1033 http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/2009/08/12/if-you-like-californias-budget-crisis-youll-love-washingtons-initiative-1033/ News and perspective on public policy issues affecting Washington's economy and quality of life, brought to you by the Economic Opportunity Institute. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Don Smith http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/2009/08/12/if-you-like-californias-budget-crisis-youll-love-washingtons-initiative-1033/#comment-2074 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:15:38 +0000 http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/?p=2552#comment-2074 I’d love to work on this issue. The public needs to learn the facts about economic inequality and about the regressive tax system in Washington State. And they need to understand the danger of the Reagan Revolution, according to which government is the problem, not the solution. A lack of government regulation was a main cause of the subprime crash, and for many public goods, only government can provide them fairly and efficiently. Furthermore, for many services (e.g., health care), government is MORE efficient than the private sector. Without government we’d be hunter-gatherers.

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