Tax day!
Terry Bristol, ISEPP president, is doing a test talk regarding two ballot initiatives he's planning to back: $20 minimum wage; 5 weeks paid vacation.
The paid vacation policy feeds the travel and tourist industry big time i.e. it actually increases GDP, per the French model, not to mention living standards.
The $15 minimum wage is already a well-established lobby, so Terry is just one step ahead.
Lew Scholl is here. His mom, like mine, came to Quakerism while in college, likewise at the University of Washington. My parents were going to YWCA meetups where students spoke in earnest about ethical questions then facing them. Vietnam was cranking up. Civil Defense. Atom bombs.
I filed awhile ago and got my refund already. Given I have a daughter in college, I'm motivated to get my taxes done early so I can file a FASFA with nailed numbers. FASFA is a form used by colleges to compute financial aid amounts. I go through H&R Block.
My taxes this year were approximately the same as last year's.
ISEPP is a public policy think tank, an NGO. I've served on its board for a few terms (an unpaid position, though with some perks). Dawn Wicca and Associates, when still a partnership, was ISEPP's bookkeeper (Dawn died in 2007). You'll find lots more history buried in these blogs.
