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What she said: “I’m really concerned about (the) use of the word ‘filth’ to talk about what teachers do.”

What she meant: “Incidents in which teachers’ unions are backing the teaching of horrendously inappropriate sexual material to school children have been reliably verified by numerous sources. The point is, you’ll notice I didn’t say I was concerned about the filth we’re encouraging activist teachers to spew in their classroom. I’m only concerned about it being exposed.”

RANDI WEINGARTEN President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) The

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What he said: “Now it’s time for Democrats to show that their pro-worker agenda isn’t just talk. One good way to do that would be for the legislature, as a first order of business, to repeal Michigan’s decade-old right-to-work law.”

By BRIAN MINNCH, Executive Vice President

$250,000 but imposing zero tax on capital gains below that $250,000 threshold. It violates the limitation requirement because the 7 percent tax exceeds the 1 percent maximum annual property tax rate of 1 percent.”

Eric Stahlfeld, the Freedom Foundation’s chief litigation counsel, said, “The ruling puts an undue burden on Washington residents doing their end-of-year financial planning. Taxpayers must now prepare to set aside money to pay the state 7 percent tax on capital gains when they file their 2022 federal income tax return in 2023,” he said, “even though the Supreme Court very well may not rule on the constitutionality of the tax by the federal income tax deadline in April.”

In addition, taxpayers face far more difficulty in determining whether to take gains this year, or next.

“In his eagerness to start soaking Washington taxpayers, Bob Ferguson is creating chaos and confusion among Washingtonians preparing for the upcoming tax season,” said Freedom Foundation CEO Aaron Withe. “As usual Ferguson is playing with house money. It costs him nothing but the public’s tax dollars to fight the Washington constitution and the consistently expressed will of the people he is supposed to represent.”

This ruling shows far more concern for the convenience of the state’s tax-collecting apparatus than for its residents.

The tax is just as unconstitutional now as it was a year ago.

Despite this perplexing development, the Freedom Foundation remains confident the justices will come to the same conclusion in January that Judge Huber did last spring and previous Washington courts have for nearly 100 years.

STEVEN

GREENHOUSE

Senior

Fellow

The Century Foundation Detroit Free Press Nov. 19, 2022

What he meant: “Oops, I meant to say anti-worker. How could a law that denies workers the right to make their own decisions about what’s best for themselves and their families possibly be anything but anti-worker? The only institutions more anti-worker are the unions themselves. And I’m supporting legislation that allows them to keep getting away with it.” n n n

What he said: “Union rights have taken a beating in Republican-led states in recent years.”

What he meant:

“First of all, it’s debatable whether unions even have constitutional rights per se. But even if they do, would anyone argue they take precedence over individual rights?

JOHN O’CONNOR Reporter Associated

The only states where unions have ‘taken a beating’ are those where the First Amendment rights of workers to opt out of union tyranny have been defended. I’m what passes for an objective reporter these days.”