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• Smart Bombs: Here’s a teachable moment

  February 27, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 We’ve heard plenty about how public employees are to blame for budget deficits around the nation. It’s as if the Great Recession never happened, and instead public employee unions suddenly … 4

• Washington ranks 29th in national tax report

  February 24, 2011 in Business on Page A8 State and local taxes in 2009 claimed 9.3 percent of Washington incomes, and 9.4 percent in Idaho, according to figures released Wednesday by the Tax Foundation. The nonpartisan foundation’s calculation …

• Millions of filers in U.S. pay no income tax

  March 14, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Tax Freedom Day will come early again this year. The Tax Foundation, which every year calculates the day on which wage-earners start to work for themselves instead of government, is …

• State’s high marks a positive for business

  September 27, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Washingtonians should be blushing – or flushing, depending on how seriously one takes outsider rankings of a state’s desirability as a place to do business. Washington scored a rare three-fer …