Posted by fejta on 05/10/09

Congressman Jay Inslee announced his intention to cosponsor HR 1207.  The first person to ask him to cosponsor the bill in Woodinville got a great response from the congressman: he promised to have his name on the list by 10am Tuesday morning!  There must have been a lot of support for HR 1207 at his first town hall event.  

The crowd received Inslee's announcement was very warmly: they erupted into cheers and applause.  It was very exciting.

Read more on my blog (includes a video): Jay Inslee Promises Fed Transparency.

Great work guys!

Posted by fejta on 04/20/09

I read a report today that Massachusetts Representative Bill Delahunt and Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi seek to use the federal government to force our local businesses to comply with 49 other states' draconian tax laws.

There are 7,000 different tax agencies in the United States. Who do you think can better afford to comply with these myriad regulations: A large, multinational company like Wal-Mart or someone starting up in his West Seattle basement or Queen Anne apartment?

It is hard enough for local, Seattle businesses to get by in this troubled economy. The last thing we need are distant governments making it too expensive for our new businesses to grow and provide new jobs to Seattle residents. Is not unemployment high enough already?

If Enzi and Delahunt believe their local constituents pay too little taxes, fine. They can go to their constituents and collect any necessary taxes. But they have no right to place this burden of collection and compliance on our local businessmen, thousands of miles from their localities.

Seattle needs to concentrate on what we are best at: providing great products and service for the best value. Learning how to comply with Wyoming tax law prevents this.

Please contact your representatives and let them know you feel the same.

Reposted from http://fejta.com/record/1368/hey-wyoming-collect-your-own-taxes.html