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WHO WE ARE
 As a free market public policy research organization based in Olympia, Washington, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation is contributing to the renewal of civil government around the time-honored truths of freedom, justice, sacrifice, and stewardship. These ideals are permanent; they transcend politics. The Evergreen Freedom Foundation was founded in 1991 with a first year support base of 341 individuals and businesses. Today, over 2,500 individuals, businesses, associations, private foundations, and trusts help make EFF's work possible. Our Mission is to advance individual liberty, free enterprise, and responsible government. Our efforts center around public policy research and alternatives in these core areas: state budget and tax policy, welfare reform, health-care reform, education, citizenship and governance issues. Essential to our organization are core governing principles that guide our work and help us achieve our mission. Benjamin Franklin once said, "those who prefer security over liberty, deserve neither security nor liberty." We agree because a freedom loving people must understand the principles from which freedom is derived. EFF's objective is to disseminate those truths and motivate the citizenry to act upon them. We believe:
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
