Politico bitch-slaps state Senator Ed Murray, Ways and Means Chair, over his "voters are stupid" effort.

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Speaks for itself.

Eyman is Right

Afternoon Jolt   May 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm Afternoon Jolt

Today’s Loser: State Senate Democrats for letting Tim Eyman get the last word. And he’s right, too.
 At a senate ways and means committee today, Tim Eyman railed against a set of proposals to raise revenue by closing tax loopholes and against ways and means chair Sen. Ed Murray’s legislation proposing a referendum to change the I-1053 super majority requirement so tax loopholes could be changed by a simple majority vote.

“What part of  ’no new taxes’ is unclear?” Eyman asked. “Democratic politicians in Olympia think voters are stupid because they didn’t understand” what they were voting for in I-1053, he stated.

Eyman, who ran the two-thirds campaign last year largely with money from oil companies (BP, Conoco Phillips, and Tesoro) who were wary of toxic cleanup taxes and the Washington Bankers Association (who want to keep a mortgage loan tax loophole in place), argued the move by the committee to consider these bills proves “that you’re the stupid ones.”

“Last year, without the two-thirds requirement, you could have closed any tax loophole you wanted.”—Tim Eyman

Murray stepped in, telling Eyman not to “name call” during his testimony—twice.

Eyman’s churlish rants and bad manners make his insightful closing zinger all the more embarrassing for Democrats.

Eyman pointed out, correctly: “Last year, without the two-thirds requirement, you could have closed any tax loophole you wanted. Instead you stuck it to the average person”—presumably referring to the candy and soda taxes.

Touche, Tim Eyman. Touche.

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Of course, Politico left out who was primarily opposed to I-1053 and who outspent them... what... 6 to 1?  After all, since when does leftist news organizations actually present both sides of an issue (Our local rag as a case in point.)

So, I thought I'd take a look for them.

Drag a column header and drop it here to group by that column

Report	Name	Date	Amount	P/G	City	State	Zip
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Report	WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES	10/11/2010	$600,000.00	N	OLYMPIA	WA	98501
Report	SEIU HEALTHCARE 775NW	10/11/2010	$250,000.00	N	FEDERAL WAY	WA	98003
Report	DISTRICT 1199 NW SEIU	10/11/2010	$100,000.00	N	RENTON	WA	98057
Report	SEIU HEALTHCARE 775NW	10/8/2010	$100,000.00	N	FEDERAL WAY	WA	98003
Report	SEIU WA STATE COUNCIL	10/7/2010	$100,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98121
Report	WA EDUCATION ASSN	10/11/2010	$100,000.00	N	FEDERAL WAY	WA	98063
Report	COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK OF WA	10/11/2010	$60,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98101
Report	CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES	10/8/2010	$25,000.00	N	LITTLETON	CO	80163
Report	PEACEHEALTH	10/8/2010	$25,000.00	N	BELLEVUE	WA	98007
Report	PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES	10/8/2010	$25,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98138
Report	VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	10/8/2010	$25,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98101
Report	WA HOSPITAL PAC	10/8/2010	$25,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98119
Report	JOINT COUNCIL OF TEAMSTERS #28	9/3/2010	$20,000.00	N	SEATTLE	WA	98168
Report	AARP	10/7/2010	$15,000.00	N	WASHINGTON	DC	20049
Report	MULTICARE	10/8/2010	$15,000.00	N	TACOMA	WA	98415

Kinda speaks for itself... don't it?
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