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DETAILS OF BOEING CONTRACT
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has obtained details of the state’s agreement with Boeing. The agreement confirms that a $3.2 billion tax break and long-needed unemployment insurance reforms were not enough to convince Boeing to continue doing business in our state. The terms granted to Boeing are astounding.
Publications Days before court
hearing, Boeing releases more public records State misleads court
again in 7E7 public records appeal Boeing
appears willing to re-negotiate state subsidy agreement 7E7 public records
contradict state's declarations filed under penalty of perjury U.S. Department of Commerce seeks details from EFF on Washington's 7E7 Boeing agreement Deloitte's "independent"
7E7 Economic Impact Study Click here for more EFF publications
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Correspondence (updated 2/12/04 10:03 a.m.)
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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..." |
